To save also saves.

I have worked in Emergency Medicine for 25 years, and I continue learning every single day: every time I think I am saving someone, I realize that far more often, they have been the ones saving me.
Serving people and helping them during the worst days—or the worst moments—of their lives has always helped me:
feel that what I do truly matters
understand how profoundly valuable the lives and health of others are
recognize that my own well-being improves when I am able to improve theirs
While serving is my passion, and teaching is as well, the newer generations have taught me the importance of taking care of myself so that I can be better—and, in turn, provide better care and more healing to the patients who need me.
There is no possible circumstance in which violence can ever be the path to receiving faster care, better care, or care more aligned with expectations. The right and acceptable path is to build a healthcare system that works for everyone—one that respects the clinical priorities of urgency, emergency care, and triage, and that regains the public’s trust in matters as delicate and profound as any human life in our society.
Thank you, Emergency Medicine.