WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.220 --> 00:00:02.930 My name is Julio Gomez, I'm a resident physician 2 00:00:02.930 --> 00:00:05.650 at Temple University for the physical medicine 3 00:00:05.650 --> 00:00:07.450 and rehabilitation department. 4 00:00:07.450 --> 00:00:09.270 And I am a flight surgeon for 5 00:00:09.270 --> 00:00:11.560 the New Jersey International Guard. 6 00:00:11.560 --> 00:00:14.099 line:15% Within the physical medicine and rehabilitation department 7 00:00:14.099 --> 00:00:18.860 line:15% our goal is to bring back individual's function 8 00:00:18.860 --> 00:00:22.360 line:15% after a spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, 9 00:00:22.360 --> 00:00:26.360 line:15% orthopedic procedures, and countless trauma. 10 00:00:26.360 --> 00:00:29.300 line:15% Temple's residency, you're covering multiple hospitals. 11 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:33.780 line:15% You're covering Temple University, Einstein Elkins Park, 12 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:38.713 line:15% which is MossRehab, which is a renowned rehab hospital. 13 00:00:39.570 --> 00:00:44.250 We also cover a MossRehab floor at Einstein 14 00:00:44.250 --> 00:00:46.608 main campus Philadelphia. 15 00:00:46.608 --> 00:00:49.250 So we see a variety of patients. 16 00:00:49.250 --> 00:00:52.797 We see from lung transplants to patients with LVADs, 17 00:00:52.797 --> 00:00:57.268 traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputees. 18 00:00:57.268 --> 00:01:01.469 line:15% So as a resident at Temple and at MossRehab 19 00:01:01.469 --> 00:01:06.320 line:15% usually working 60 hours a week during your residency, 20 00:01:06.320 --> 00:01:08.470 line:15% 60 to 80 hours. 21 00:01:08.470 --> 00:01:10.570 Because I'm now in the international guard, 22 00:01:10.570 --> 00:01:12.300 I have to serve one week in a month, 23 00:01:12.300 --> 00:01:14.770 during that week in a month that's when I dedicate myself 24 00:01:14.770 --> 00:01:18.512 and I act as a flight surgeon for the international guard. 25 00:01:18.512 --> 00:01:22.000 We have F-16s stationed at Atlantic City 26 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.581 and my role is to be the aeromedical expert 27 00:01:24.581 --> 00:01:26.731 on medical needs for fighter pilots 28 00:01:26.731 --> 00:01:29.390 and other individuals who are in jumping status, 29 00:01:29.390 --> 00:01:30.980 flying status. 30 00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:35.240 We clear them aeromedically, there are certain illnesses, 31 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:38.140 line:15% medical conditions, that do affect you at altitude, 32 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:39.850 line:15% flight surgeons tend to be the experts 33 00:01:39.850 --> 00:01:43.020 line:15% and that's also why we also are 34 00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:45.070 line:15% part of the air crew structure. 35 00:01:45.070 --> 00:01:47.440 So we're considered air crew. 36 00:01:47.440 --> 00:01:51.140 So during my previous station I was at 37 00:01:51.140 --> 00:01:52.680 Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida 38 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:56.528 where I was able to fly in the back seat of fighter jets 39 00:01:56.528 --> 00:02:01.528 along with my patients, who are actually fighter pilots. 40 00:02:03.100 --> 00:02:05.980 We take call from MossRehab, which is a 24 hour call 41 00:02:05.980 --> 00:02:09.811 line:15% and at night time we cover all three hospitals. 42 00:02:09.811 --> 00:02:12.400 line:15% So let's say you're at Moss, you have a 43 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.550 line:15% neurological emergency there, we treat that there 44 00:02:15.550 --> 00:02:18.350 line:15% and then 30 minutes later we have another patient 45 00:02:18.350 --> 00:02:21.410 who has an acute issue at Temple, we drive to Temple, 46 00:02:21.410 --> 00:02:23.573 take care of that and drive back to Moss.