Mike Rubin MD
@mikerubinmd.bsky.social
Emergency Physician | Medical Educator | Writer
Author of ROSC, a Substack exploring life, death, and everything in between—through the lens of frontline medicine.
New stories every Tuesday + Friday: mikerubinmd.substack.com
Author of ROSC, a Substack exploring life, death, and everything in between—through the lens of frontline medicine.
New stories every Tuesday + Friday: mikerubinmd.substack.com
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Mike Rubin MD
@mikerubinmd.bsky.social
· May 28
This isn’t the Pitt
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
If you ever wonder what its like working in the emergency, read this: open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi...
The Cost of Saving Lives
Stories from the Frontlines of Emergency Medicine
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you ever wonder what its like working in the emergency, read this: open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi...
Moral injury” is telling a patient to follow up
when both of you know there’s no one to follow up with.
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when both of you know there’s no one to follow up with.
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The Primary Care Collapse Is Making the ED Toxic
What happens when a healthcare system leaves patients nowhere else to go.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Moral injury” is telling a patient to follow up
when both of you know there’s no one to follow up with.
open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi...
when both of you know there’s no one to follow up with.
open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi...
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
October 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Landing in Hell: The Mission to Tacloban
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Landing in Hell: The Mission to Tacloban
Typhoon Haiyan – Part 1 of 2 | Warning: Graphic Scenes from a Real-Life Disaster Response
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June 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Landing in Hell: The Mission to Tacloban
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My First Intubation
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My First Intubation
Residency Years, Part II
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June 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
My First Intubation
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This isn’t the Pitt
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This isn’t the Pitt
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
EM without makeup
New stories drop Tues + Friday
Join the ride - lights and sirens
www.mikerubinmd.com
open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi... Is there a doctor aboard? Anyone ever respond to a mid flight emergency? #emergencymedicine
Airborne Panic
The Med School Years (1 of 3)
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May 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
open.substack.com/pub/mikerubi... Is there a doctor aboard? Anyone ever respond to a mid flight emergency? #emergencymedicine
🚨 What’s it like to hold a life in your hands? To make split-second calls in chaos?
I’m an ER doc pulling back the curtain on the wild, gritty, and sometimes absurd world of emergency medicine.
Subscribe to ROSC – lights & sirens guaranteed:
mikerubinmd.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
I’m an ER doc pulling back the curtain on the wild, gritty, and sometimes absurd world of emergency medicine.
Subscribe to ROSC – lights & sirens guaranteed:
mikerubinmd.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
www.mikerubinmd.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 What’s it like to hold a life in your hands? To make split-second calls in chaos?
I’m an ER doc pulling back the curtain on the wild, gritty, and sometimes absurd world of emergency medicine.
Subscribe to ROSC – lights & sirens guaranteed:
mikerubinmd.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
I’m an ER doc pulling back the curtain on the wild, gritty, and sometimes absurd world of emergency medicine.
Subscribe to ROSC – lights & sirens guaranteed:
mikerubinmd.substack.com/p/welcome-to...