Archives: Special Issue: ER Observations, 2019

Isolation at Will: Five Hours in Emergency Psychiatry

  Abstract Graham Burri writes about his shadowing experience in UNC’s Psychiatric Ward. He profiles two individuals who are making extended stays in the ward, highlighting the benefits that come from their treatment.  ...

White Cloud Over the UNC Main Emergency Department

  Abstract Michelle Zheng runs through a standard four hour graveyard shift at the UNC E.D. She focuses on the relationship between the nurses in the Department, offering insight into how they pass the...

New Understanding Within UNC Psychiatric Emergency

  Abstract Kendall Barbour spent time shadowing the nurses and physicians in the Psychiatric E.R. at UNC Medicine. There, she was able to connect with a recently-admitted psychiatric patient through simple listening and communication....

The Entropy of Emergency

  Abstract Zaria Joyner writes about her chaotic shadowing experience in the UNC Emergency Department, touching on everything from the opiod crisis to life-or-death resuscitations.   UNC Emergency Medicine, Chapel Hill NC – Within...