
Episode #17
The Slow Burn Mass Casualty: Dr. Peter Viccellio on the Crisis in Emergency Medicine
<p>In this episode of Health Frontiers, <b>"The Slow Burn Mass Casualty: Dr. Peter Viccellio on the Crisis in Emergency Medicine,"</b> host Dr. Bob sits down with Dr. Peter Viccellio, Director of Emergency Medicine at Stony Brook University. With over 40 years on the front lines, Dr. Viccellio reveals how the ER has evolved from a simple triage room into the high-tech epicenter of undifferentiated illness. But beneath the advanced technology lies a system at its breaking point—staffed by board-certified heroes fighting a "nine-to-five" hospital culture in a 24/7 world. </p><p><b>In this episode, we discuss:</b></p><...






