In r/emergencymedicine, discussion of The Pitt resonates because it mirrors real ED stressors and explicitly names burnout and passive suicidal ideation as common, raising concern about clinicians mental health.
the boarding, the wait times, patients yelling at you about wait times when you just leave a code, the SDoH, the burnout
the “trying-as-hard-as-you-can-and-it’s-still-not-enough,” the passive SI.
There’s a fan following who are watching not just because EM is sexy, but because they are worried about every single character’s mental health
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