When the Healer Needs Healing: How ED Docs Cope With Trauma

Guest: Alex Rosenau, MD
Host: Shira Johnson, MD

Doctors and nurses in the emergency department work under constant stress. So, what happens when a case is so stressful and horrific that it affects medical personnel emotionally? Dr. Alex Rosenau, vice chair of the department of emergency medicine at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, joins host Dr. Shira Johnson to discuss techniques and counseling services to help ED staff deal with unusually brutal cases.