Stimulus Podcast 53 - The Five Fears of Scott Weingart

<p class="p1">Scott Weingart is arguably one of the most influential and polarizing physicians on the planet. He is not one to mince words and often comes across as definitive in how he describes his practice of medicine.  What people don't realize, he says, is that his clinical care is often guided by fear, not bravado, ego, or machismo. In this episode, Scott breaks down his five fears when it comes to medical practice and thinks that those who seek to follow his advice should take these fears into account before acting.</p> <p class="p5"><strong>Guest Bio:</strong>  Scott Weingart is an emergency physician who went on to complete fellowships in Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and ECMO at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore. He is currently chief of the Division of Emergency Critical Care at Stony Brook Hospital and a tenured professor of emergency medicine at Stony Brook Medicine. He is best known for his podcast on Resuscitation and ED Critical Care called the <a href="https://emcrit.org/"><span class="s3">EMCrit Podcast</span></a>; it currently is downloaded > 400,000 times per month. Scott is the author of multiple books including <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Medicine-Decision-Making-Environments/dp/007144212X"> <span class="s3">Emergency Medicine Decision Making</span></a> and the <a href="https://resuscrisismanual.com/"><span class= "s3">Resuscitation Crisis Manual</span></a>. </p> <p class="p6"><strong>This episode is in support of</strong> the <a href="https://iamals.org/"><span class="s3">I AM ALS</span></a>. I AM ALS was founded by Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra shortly after his diagnosis at the age of 37. He was given 6 months to live, and now 4 years later he is leading a revolution to find a cure. People often refer to ALS as rare, which is not really so. The lifetime risk is around 1 in 300. Since Lou Gehrig was diagnosed 80 years ago, available treatments have been shown to extend life a mere 3 months. <a href= "https://iamals.org/"><span class="s3">I AM ALS</span></a> supports