Introduction

Eric Anderson is a board certified emergency doctor and attending ER physician at the Alameda County Medical Center Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. Eric also works for the Indian Health Service as the chief of emergency medicine and trauma medical director for Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico. We cover a lot of ground in this podcast talking about running a rural emergency department with limited resources but an important missionAbout the idea of acting quickly during the beginning of an emergency and about the importance of compassion for handling yourself under pressure. Our opinions are our own and not those of our respective employers.