I was in the ICU for a week (I’m fine now, thank God). When I recovered my voice (I had lost the ability to make sense). I made friends with an indigenous man who lived thousands of miles from Ottawa but could only be treated in Ottawa. He was there for over a month, all alone, with no visitors or family. We’re a big country and I understand there's only so much money but this man's predicament broke my heart

@WaiferThyme

Ай бұрын

That's sad😢.

@br6480

15 күн бұрын

I once had an elderly Inuit patient who didn’t speak English. Every day he would pull his cover off his bed, place it on the floor and have me sit with him. He taught me how to speak Inuktitut. This was in the’80s and I really miss that gentleman.

This is why I went back to school!! This is my dream to provide rural healthcare. I just graduated with my Nurse Practitioner and midwifery degrees. I love this!

As an indigenous physical therapist assistant here in rural Texas, I want to thank you for addressing one of the most traumatic recent events that our people have to live with. Not many non-native people realize that it still takes a real toll on so many. So thank you for having such a kind heart ❤️ Also, Dr. G is hysterical, I love all of his videos. Rural med and Ortho are my favorites, lol. Keep up the good work, and many blessings to you!!!

In a city, the situation would cause a major panic. In a rural community, its "you have SOME idea what's wrong? Good, sew me up and let me go".

@pamjaramillo1770

18 күн бұрын

I enjoyed your video and learning about your rural medical system......if I was younger I'd be interested in living there and starting a support team to help the medical staff!!!!

I live in Rural Nevada and rural doctors have to deal with grumpy old ranchers who havent seen a doctor since Nixon was in office!

@juliac406

24 күн бұрын

They just had to be born or raised in rural Nevada. Hard to teach them anything!!

Not sure how I have never had you as a Doctor, but I sure am glad you are with us in Fort Smith

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

Thank you Franco! Happy to be working here!

Grew up in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, US. Got a sunburn that blistered horrifyingly when I was in 2nd grade. Let's just say... it turned out poorly. Had to go to our local doctor, who's nurse was this guy with a super long braided pony tail who was simply the most caring and competent medical professional I have met to this day. I'll never forget him.

I recently retired from rural nursing in Alberta and I can relate to much of this - our lab technicians trained as combined lab / X-ray technicians- a course that’s designed for rural hospitals - I was surprised that d-dimers aren’t done there - as RN ‘s we would run troponins, d-dimers and bnp’s outside of lab hours - same machine different test kits

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

thank you for your service!! please share this video with those who may also relate!

@nursemarie4819

8 ай бұрын

@@DrYanYuthank you for helping out rural communities !

You are so earnestly Canadian that I felt thoroughly homesick for Canada in a way I haven't for ages.

Great video Dr. Yu. Nice to gain insight on your work in Fort Smith. We miss you at the clinic when you go, but I can appreciate how rewarding the work must be.

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!! :)

Thank you Dr Yu !! The folks in Fort Smith and Calgary are lucky to have you providing their medical care.

I grew up in rural Arkansas, thankfully we have a small hospital nearby, but it can't really do anything a city hospital could. This video series about rural medicine hits so close to home.

@truthjusticetheamericanway3066

7 күн бұрын

In the hills of Missouri here and what he is saying about Remote areas and rural towns are true, Work takes priority over all and the health insurance is not gonna get you the quality medicine and care you want, but if I had an infection, send me some antibiotics or to hell with it and I'll just ignore it an keep going.

Loved the video! I am a doctor from Chile and now I am going to be a rural doctor for 6 years in the North of the country. I know is going to be a great experience and people are going to be greatfull, they always are.

I had to get Emergency surgery when I broke my leg. When my surgeon came to see me in IMCU, he told me I'd had a Maisonneuve Fracture. My nurse and I had no clue what that meant so we Googled it and learned about it together. 😊. It actually made us closer as a patient/carer team !

My days of living in the N.W.T. has long past, but my dearest friendships remain. Those of us who grew up in Pine Point, often travelled to all the towns in the NORTH for hockey tournaments, and so many other indigenous games. Our Winter Games are extraordinarily special, as are the people of our Northern communities! You certainly captured a wonderful uniqueness that becomes ever more obvious, as we travel NORTH…People care for, and help out one another, regardless of ethnicity…as is our Canadian way. Our indigenous peoples have been here for millennia and taught us throughout history, how to trade and form so many necessary relationships, so we could continue to thrive! I dearly hope, their time to thrive excels exponentially via reconciliation, education, empathy, and understanding. What makes Canada the beautiful country it is, begins with our unique tapestry of various cultures and ethnicities! Thank you for this video, it’s been a few years since I have been to Fort Smith. You definitely captured the beauty of living in our NORTH! Cheers!🇨🇦

Love it Yan! See ya back in Fort Smith next time!

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

See you soon!

I'm a big city girl (Toronto) who's always been fascinated by the field of medicine. Very proud of you, a fellow Canadian, who's making such a positive impact serving in our under-resourced far north, especially our Indigenous Peoples! Thank you for sharing your real life perspective alongside Dr. Glaucomflecken's humourous take on rural medicine

Army medic, so my entire care set is pre-hospital emergencies...some of the little comments still throw me. No ventilator? That's rough, even we have those in our field sets.

@Emjay-ed2se

21 күн бұрын

I worked rural ems in Missouri for many years. I never used a ventilator until I started working on the helicopter. I’m glad to see they are being used more now. An hour transport time is exhausting trying to bag and do everything else

I used to work in Hay River and Yellowknife as SLP!! I really miss the NWT and hope to locum up there once I graduate as a physician 😊

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

Nice! Thanks for your service!

I love your videos! So insightful into what Family Medicine is like in Canada. I am an MS4 applying for FM right now. I would love to see some more videos related to what your day-to-day life looks like and what work-life balance means to you!

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your kind feedback - sounds like good video topics for the future! Best of luck to you with your residency applications!

This is so interesting!! Crazy how different things can be, while still all in Canada. Thanks for showing us all this :) from a big city girl

This sounds so much like Australian rural medicine.

This was a really fascinating video, thank you! As an RN, I could see myself retiring in a rural community someday and being one of the few healthcare workers.

As a Calgarian, we are proud to claim you

Thanks for sharing your experience! You're amazing

@DrYanYu

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! What are some other topics you'd like to see me cover in future videos?

This is a great thing to do for that community but it also gives an urban GP the opportunity to keep their acute care skills up to date. Should be mandatory imo

Very much enjoyed and learned a lot from your vid. Thanks for being an awesome human!!

Great work, Yan! Appreciated you taking the time to share these insights. Really comprehensive and concise video - very much enjoyed it!

Hey doc! Your video popped up in my feed & as medicine interests me I thought I’d take a look. We’ll just subscribed! I loved this one! Will catch up on your stuff & can’t wait for new news. Best to you & thanks for what you do!

Great video..and grateful your healping the indigenous and Métis people so well and with a good heart.❤️

So insightful--thank you!

Great video, Thank you!

Great job Doc. As a Healthcare Profsl this is very informative indeed

Thank you for being in Alberta and going the extra mile helping out in a rural community. I hope that things for doctors here start improving soon so that the strain on family doctors can start to ease. Once again thank you, and keep up the great work!

kudos to you, Dr Yu!

I live in San Francisco, CA. I loved your video. You are a compassionate, energetic physician. Thank you for all you do for that community.

This was fantastic! Currently studying abroad in ireland but im thinking of doing rural medicine when I come back for matching.

Appreciate the insights.

really interesting, thank you Doctor

I think it’s wonderful what you’re doing 😊

Bless you Dr. Yu!

UpToDate and Orthobullets is equivalent to half a medical degree :) I’ve always wanted to practice somewhere with snow and moose’s. Grew up watching Northern Exposure in the 90’s.

Great video, rural medicine seems challenging but rewarding.

Interesting video!

Texico Mike is the MacGyver / Healthcare DIYer. He made his own MRI machine!

Interesting comments!

The world is full of heros. It was great to meet another one!

I love this rural doctor.

An entire province on the same EMR!!! my small town in the US isn't even that integrated.

I don’t live in Canada but this was fascinating.

@DrYanYu

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Please share with others who’d be interested!

I love watching doctors react to Dr. Glaucomflecken. Especially the specialist he jokes about. Especially the doctors who have tongue in cheek reactions like: “That’s totally what orthopedic surgeons are like, except me, I know there’s more antibiotics than ancef. It’s just, ancef is the best!” But onto you good sir. How does the rotation work? Are you in Fort Smith a few weeks at a time? A few months? Having never been to Canada, but heard about the winter storms up there, is one doctor assigned to stay all winter because of how far north you are? I’d love to hear how the rotations and how that works. It’d be enlightening to learn about. 😁

I love it!

So who's your Texaco Mike?? 😂 Seriously though, keep up the good work. Takes a truly selfless person to do rural medicine.

Thanks!

@DrYanYu

3 ай бұрын

Wow thank you! truly appreciate your support!

As someone that lives in Los Angeles, I always wondered about rural communities and healthcare. I'm third year pre-med and one question that you answered, like for example I'm intrigued by orthopedic surgery, so I'll use that for my example, like I've watched so many orthopedic surgeries online like full length ones and I've wondered if the doctor in a rural community doesn't have surgery training, do they watch a similar or same surgery and go along with what the surgeon on screen is doing? To minimize any mistakes that could occur? well I guess short answer yes ... thank you and thank you for reading my ramblings lol.

You know that in anime you have Slice of Life genre... how about a Rural Medicine Slice of Life anime, with actual medical information, for teaching purposes, while featuring an endearing pair of doctors that are all doing all sorts of stuff in the community, and you have part of the episode focusing on the daily/weekly routine of one of them, and an other part focusing on a hospital case like Dr. HOUSE does... but anime... Rural Medicine...

@frankwest5388

Ай бұрын

That sounds like a great idea. Things that usually wouldn’t be a big deal for a normal sized hospital suddenly become the thing that could possibly happen. Like a car crash with multiple injured. In a big city hospital that’s not a big deal, they have teams around the clock for this kinda stuff. But if you only have 3 doctors and 10 people needing emergency surgery at once, is like the worst possible outcome. Maybe the MC could be an experienced big city surgeon, who now switches to do family medicine, because he replaces a friend at the hospital for a year or two and he now must deal with the massively reduced amount of resources at his disposal. And one of the other doctors could be a resident that freshly graduated and now must learn to hide his insecurity from being new. This could really work.

Damn I'm a vegetarian so this sounds like a difficult place to be for my, but other than that, remote sounds fantastic to me, particularly with internet access and when there's awareness to make up for past crimes! That said: Thank you for caring for people. It's a rough job and it would be great if you had a bit more staff, but it's heart-warming to see how you care.

The TV show SkyMed on Paramount+ depicts the lack of medical resources in rural Canada, also the needs of indigenous populations.

Thanks for your insights. Rural life helps strip away some of the pretentiousness, fake and unsociable aspects of big city life.

So as you were nodding I’m like “omg this is real”…then you listed the stuff you do there…bro…no ventilator? Hats off to you Dr

@madeofmandrake1748

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, my first thought on that was Covid, but realistically it's unlikely the pandemic even made it to Fort Smith. I can only imagine needing to fly a sick person out of town for a ventilator while their family waits at home scared.

Fort Smith’s logo looks like a hazmat warning cluster.

But I thought Canada had wonderful socialized medicine? I admire this physicians dedication to medicine.

@SandfordSmythe

Ай бұрын

Depends on the province

@rsh793

Ай бұрын

Yeah - that's one huge surgery there - several nurses, an OT, a physio, a social worker and mental health counsellors - that's a huge staff - along with 3 doctors on transfer over.

@kimepp2216

15 күн бұрын

We are currently plagued with conservative governments that want the system to fail.

No speech therapist?

@roscoemccoy8383

3 ай бұрын

Probably by telemed...

That"white" arm being stitched didn't match the description of "native woman" 😅

Medical care in Canada. Free but you get what you pay for!

@sharvo6

Ай бұрын

hmm, I wonder what facilities are like in remote Alaskan areas ... I expect there's no facilities unless there's profit.

@Dog.soldier1950

Ай бұрын

@@sharvo6 depend on who your are. The US Indian health Service supports Indian health for enrolled Tribal members. The State does support remote clinics and evacuation service for non enrolled (aka white folks) to a certain extent. Getting health care in very isolated areas is never easy.

You are a gift.