Medical Trauma Support

The Medical Trauma Support Podcast explores the human impact of medical experiences for patients, parents, and healthcare professionals.Through human-centered, nervous-system-informed conversations, the podcast examines how medical care can impact the body, trust, and sense of safety. Episodes explore medical trauma, fear, shutdown, compassion in care, provider wellbeing, and the changes needed within healthcare systems to better support everyone involved.This podcast offers education, reflection, and hope — honoring our shared humanity and the body’s responses to medical experiences.

Medical Trauma Support is a health podcast hosted by Sarah Stasica, with 52 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sarah Stasica hosts Medical Trauma Support, a health show with 52 episodes published.

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  Episode #51

  How to Avoid Medical Mistakes: A Critical Care Doctor’s Patient Safety Guide

  Jul 3, 202636 min

  Medical mistakes are one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and many are preventable. In this episode, critical care physician and pulmonologist Dr. Gerardo Garza shares how to protect yourself and your loved ones, from finding the right doctor to preparing for appointments, asking better questions, and navigating a safe hospital discharge. We also talk about post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), why how you’re treated can matter as much as what happens to you, and what it really means to feel safe in medical care. Whether you’re a patient, a caregiver, or a clinician, this conversation is full of practical, nervous-system-aware tools you can use right away. Dr. Garza's Book Link Follow Dr. Garza 🔗 Free guide — https://www.medicaltraumasupport.org/free-guides Befriending Your Body After Medical Trauma (course) — https://your-bc-befriend.mn.co/plans/1948719

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  Episode #50

  What Is EMDR? A Body-Based Approach to Healing Medical Trauma with Ingrid Nishimoto, LCSW

  Jun 19, 202637 min

  In this episode of the Medical Trauma Support Podcast, Sarah Stasica sits down with Ingrid Nishimoto, LCSW a certified EMDR therapist who also lives with a genetic cancer condition diagnosed at 17. Together they explore what EMDR actually is, how it helps shift the felt sense of powerlessness after a frightening medical experience, and why grief, collapse, and the long “in-between” after treatment deserve so much more compassion than they usually get. Ingrid shares how she helps clients feel safe in their bodies again, reconnect with their own wisdom, and move from “I’m powerless” toward “I have agency.” A warm, nervous-system-informed conversation for anyone healing after a hard diagnosis and for the clinicians who walk alongside them. To connect with Ingrid: https://www.ingridnishimototherapy.com To find support: https://www.medicaltraumasupport.org

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  Episode #49

  Post-ICU Syndrome: Why ICU Survivors Struggle Long After They Leave the Hospital

  Jun 5, 202649 minS0

  <p>Most ICU survivors are sent home and told they're lucky to be alive. But for millions of people, that's where the real struggle begins.</p><p>Kali Dayton, nurse practitioner and ICU consultant, joins me to talk about Post-ICU Syndrome (PICS): the physical, cognitive, and psychological aftermath of critical illness that almost no one is warned about. We talk about why medically induced comas cause more harm than most clinicians realize, what ICU delirium actually feels like for survivors, and why the "awake and walking ICU" model is changing outcomes and saving lives. We also talk about the deep...

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  Episode #48

  When Doctors Don't Believe You: One Woman's Journey Through Medical Gaslighting and Finding Her Way to Healing

  May 22, 202641 minS0

  <p>You know your body. You've lived in it your whole life. So what happens when you're experiencing 23 different symptoms — some of them truly bizarre — and your doctor looks you in the eye and says, "There is nothing medically wrong with you"?</p><p>In this episode, I sit down with Pam, who experienced serious, life-altering adverse effects following her COVID vaccines. What followed was a painful journey through medical gaslighting, dismissal, and the relentless search for answers — all while the political climate made it even harder to be believed.</p><p>But this is also a story about what happen...

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  Episode #47

  You Can Be Okay: Medical Trauma, Avoidance, and the Path Forward with Dr. Jim Jackson

  May 8, 202659 minS0

  <p>Medical trauma is real. Millions of people are living with it. And most of them don't even have a name for it yet.</p><p>In this episode, Sarah sits down with Dr. Jim Jackson, neuropsychologist at Vanderbilt University and author of Reclaiming Your Life from Medical Trauma, for a deeply human conversation about what medical trauma actually looks like, why avoidance is so much more dangerous than we realize, and why you don't have to be symptom-free to live a meaningful life.</p><p>Dr. Jackson has spent over 25 years working with ICU survivors, long COVID patients, and...

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