38 episodes

Cullen Kehoe and Raj Kalsi are two close friends that just so happen to be ER doctors mutually invested in self-improvement and introspection. They'll touch on various topics during their podcast episodes and will share the pearls of wisdom they learn along the way. Be a fly on the wall for their old fashioned, round table discussions about medical (and non-medical) issues. They want to be a catalyst to unite this country again. There will be twists and turns, so hold on tight. They get into the weeds on some deep topics and interview fascinating people. Listen on Apple podcasts, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and iheartradio! Follow us on social media too: FB @erdocsbourbonrocks, IG @erdocspodcast, Twitter @erdocspodcast and visit our website at https://erdocscrucialtalks.com

ER Docs and Crucial Talks Raj Kalsi & Cullen Kehoe

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Cullen Kehoe and Raj Kalsi are two close friends that just so happen to be ER doctors mutually invested in self-improvement and introspection. They'll touch on various topics during their podcast episodes and will share the pearls of wisdom they learn along the way. Be a fly on the wall for their old fashioned, round table discussions about medical (and non-medical) issues. They want to be a catalyst to unite this country again. There will be twists and turns, so hold on tight. They get into the weeds on some deep topics and interview fascinating people. Listen on Apple podcasts, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and iheartradio! Follow us on social media too: FB @erdocsbourbonrocks, IG @erdocspodcast, Twitter @erdocspodcast and visit our website at https://erdocscrucialtalks.com

    A Wise and Discerning Heart, and the 21 Day No Complaint Project

    A Wise and Discerning Heart, and the 21 Day No Complaint Project

    Hello and welcome.

    Tonight Cullen and Raj discuss an introspective youtube video by Bishop Robert Barron.  Whether you're religious, spiritual, agnostic, atheistic or any shade in between, you'll likely enjoy this discussion.  They'll go into how we can perceive the unimportant temptations in our lives with wisdom and make a determination how to put these aside appropriately in order to pursue a more virtuous path.  No one claims this is easy, but it begins with a wise and discerning heart.  Join them for this part of the discussion.

    Next the guys will recount their experience with the 21 Day No Complaint Project.  See the links below.  It wasn't easy at first but this experiment was enlightening to them for certain.  They'll sort through the feelings and observations from day 1 to day 21 and recount their experiences on the 21 day journey, both good and bad.  What was the final take away?  Tune in and find out.  Do you think you're ready to try a 21 Day No Complaint Project? 

    Thank you to all of our dedicated listeners and our new ones. 

    Links:

    https://tim.blog/2007/09/18/real-mind-control-the-21-day-no-complaint-experiment/amp/

    https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/

    https://youtu.be/8X8ELYpshy0?si=CsaUWgMv7870eZIV

    https://youtu.be/685xv8eZCfk?si=csDi7qb9jXNroXSx

    https://quotefancy.com/quote/1520615/Jacques-Rigaut-Don-t-forget-that-I-cannot-see-myself-that-my-role-is-limited-to-being-the

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 45 min
    Hanlon's Razor and When the Patient Says "Doc, let me go."

    Hanlon's Razor and When the Patient Says "Doc, let me go."

    Welcome back.

    Tonight, the guys discuss the philosophical rule, Hanlon's Razor (link below), and its implications on how we can perceive and misperceive the world around us and/or the people around us. 

    Have you ever felt everyone was out to get you?  Have you ever felt the world was conspiring against you?  Have you ever felt that if people would just listen to you then your life would be so much better?

    This may be the episode for you. We will deconstruct Hanlon's Razor, apply it to a heavy case from the emergency department involving life or death we and see what we can do to help eradicate some of the feelings that we may feel that push us away from the people around us due to simply a lack of awareness or consideration of an alternative explanation for what is going on.

    Also the guys touch on David Foster Wallace's speech, "This is Water" and how he effectively communicates similar concepts.  Two people can have the same physical experience but come away from it with two totally different perceptions and opinions about the experience - and both people can be right. 

    Links:

    YouTube Clip of this Ep:
    https://youtu.be/fWc6jGJwL_c?si=eto3z5hm81r22lnO

    The No Complaint Project:
    https://tim.blog/2007/09/18/real-mind-control-the-21-day-no-complaint-experiment/amp/

    Hanlon's Razor:
    https://fs.blog/mental-model-hanlons-razor/

    This is Water - David Foster Wallace:
    https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 42 min
    High Adrenaline Events - It's OK to not be OK. A Discussion on Shawn Ryan interviewing Kyle Morgan.

    High Adrenaline Events - It's OK to not be OK. A Discussion on Shawn Ryan interviewing Kyle Morgan.

    Trauma.  High adrenaline events.  Where do you put the emotion, the sadness, the anger, the rage, the confusion, and the myriad of emotions that well up after the event is over?  Bad shift at work, near car wreck on the highway, a loved one got seriously ill?  This episode is for you.

    Tonight the Docs discuss this very topic, high adrenaline events, and they discuss the Shawn Ryan Podcast, Episode #41, his interview with Delta Force Operator Kyle Morgan.  Shawn Ryan is a Navy Seal, and conducts this amazing deep dive interview into a harrowing event Kyle experienced while stationed in West Africa.  There, Kyle nearly lost his life while simultaneously saving the lives of countless people in a hotel being attacked by rebel forces.  He discusses the trials and tribulations of being a Delta Force Operator, and then the harder challenges he met when he came home to his wife and children.  He hadn't counted on the demons from the battlefront joining him on his trip home.

    We are all human, the Docs come to summarize, and therefore all of us humans are vulnerable to forces beyond most of our control, in particular after traumatic, high adrenaline events.  You may experience this at work, in the home, or out in the community.  Regardless of who you are, and what you experienced or where, you experienced some degree of fear, emotional stress, and confusion as to where to go as you attempt to move forward.  Invariably, there will be good and bad methods to go about this.  Let's deep dive into this crucial talk and figure this out together.

    ER Docs and Crucial Talks on YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlDqix91L0

    Shawn Ryan Podcast - Episode #41 on YouTube
    https://youtu.be/3IyCgm_vyOE

    Episode #41 Audio Podcast
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shawn-ryan-show/id1492492083?i=1000587374247

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 45 min
    AI Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine - Will AI replace doctors?

    AI Artificial Intelligence in Emergency Medicine - Will AI replace doctors?

    This topic was bound to surface.  AI seems to be all over the news and internet lately and it's about time the ER Docs discussed the nuances of artificial intelligence and its potential integration into emergency medicine and health care in general.

    Raj and Cullen curate a great talk on AI and discuss the big pros and cons as they see it to implementing AI in healthcare.  They also ask ChatGPT what it thinks the pros and cons are of using AI in healthcare.  This will be a fascinating rabbit hole the two will go down pondering ethics, morality, and overall benefit or harm to humanity.  Thank you for joining us!

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 40 min
    Trading Time for Meaning

    Trading Time for Meaning

    Welcome to Season 2!

    For those who joined us for our first season journey THANK YOU!  Welcome to our new listeners, we promise not to disappoint.

    Tonight Cullen and Raj get into the following concepts:
    - Assigning excessive importance to material objects
    - Trading time for meaning vs trading time for money
    - Saying "Yes" to something means saying "No" to one or many things
    - If it's not a "Hell yes!" Then it's a humble "no."

    Once again the guys think about how they think, metacognition.  Consider situations that are similar in your world and ask yourself what your response would be as you listen along tonight to this crucial talk.

    The guys offer a teaser to the next episode which will showcase the Shawn Ryan podcast and a recently guest of his, Delta Force Operator Kyle Morgan:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IyCgm_vyOE

    Also Cullen references an influential book in his life:
    https://a.co/d/aDzCbRj

    This episode on our YT Channel:
    https://youtu.be/vakACFgz-TA

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 50 min
    The Fear Factor - Conquering your Fear

    The Fear Factor - Conquering your Fear

    What do you fear?  Do you have a top 3?  Do you recall the last time you truly felt real fear, and perhaps you even thought your life was at stake?

    Tonight Cullen and Raj will discuss fear:  its physiological and evolutionary origins, its purpose, and of course its downfalls.  They'll discuss strategies they personally use to navigate out of the fearful experience and also how they deal with panic and anxiety.

    Additionally each will discuss their own case where fear nearly derailed them from achieving success.  Cullen discusses his recent trip to Yosemite National Park where he climbed Mount Hoffman and had a harrowing experience.

    If you or a loved one suffers from panic or anxiety, please seek professional help.  This episode is not intended to advise anyone medically or treat any condition.

    Thank you to our dedicated listeners and new ones as well! Like us on YouTube, Facebook, and your podcast app!

    YouTube:

    Mount Hoffman Climb:
    https://youtu.be/9Ht7tQGoc-I

    This episode:
    https://youtu.be/kpitG6a8Hnw

    DISCLAIMER:

    The statements made and opinions expressed during this podcast are our own personal statements and opinions and should not be construed as the statements or opinions of any entity or institution that we may have been employed by or affiliated with at any time in our professional lives.  Additionally, we take patient confidentiality incredibly seriously.  For that reason, any references to stories about patients have purposefully been modified so as to not identify any particular patient or location.  Finally, while we are both doctors, nothing that we say in this podcast should be construed as medical advice.  If you are in need of medical advice, please contact your personal physician.  Also, while we are doctors, we are not your doctors.  Please discuss anything we discuss medically with your doctor.  

    Additionally any ideas or opinions expressed in the links above or by the guests on our show do not necessarily reflect our own personal or professional opinions, or the opinions of any organizations that we currently or formerly worked for or represented.  Thanks again for listening!

    • 1 hr 5 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
73 Ratings

73 Ratings

WhitERRN12 ,

Great show!

ER nurse here. Love listening to your show on my hour commute to work. Keep up the good work. Can’t wait to hear more!

Jerry165 ,

How did this find me??

I find most of my podcasts from guests on podcasts I already listen to. This pod popped up on my Facebook feed, not a common occurrence, since Cullen and Raj are EM docs and I have been in EM for 12 years, I thought I’d give it a listen...I AM HOOKED! This podcast goes places I’d never expect and I love it! This is my new favorite podcast!

Marce2001 ,

Jose Arce

Great Podcast! Man in the Arena.

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