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It's even worse in Pediatric ICU. They're one of the lowest paid doctors due to ICU not being profitable. They have the mental/emotional stress of really sick a

It's even worse in Pediatric ICU. They're one of the lowest paid doctors due to ICU not being profitable. They have the mental/emotional stress of really sick and dead kids. They have to work 24+ hour calls with little to no sleep. I know one who worked 36 hours last weekend and got 2 hours of sleep. That can't be good for outcomes, but they can't hire more because again, the ICU loses money. They don't get big salaries from drugs like anesthesiologists. It's almost like healthcare shouldn't be run like a normal capitalistic business. I imagine burnout is much lower around the world and would love to see the data on that.

lotsofpulp 7y ago
The root cause is the people receiving the healthcare in a pediatric ICU don't have the ability to pay for it, and based on the lack of votes for taxpayer funded healthcare, voters also don't want to pay for it. Notice how people 65 and over have no issues getting their healthcare paid for. That group of voters has a very high voter participation rate.
rhinoceraptor 7y ago
IMO medicine is currently in a pre-germ theory of disease state when it comes to sleep. The importance of sleep is completely disregarded for residents, as well as for patients. There really isn't much that's more important than sleep. And it's a well known fact that the extreme residency model was pioneered by a cocaine addict [1], but yet no progress has been made. It's fucking absurd. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Halsted https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stewart_Halsted