Most DANGEROUS Doctor Specialties

Although being a doctor may seem like a safe job, there are some occupational risks that you should be aware of. It doesn't matter if you're a family medicine doctor, surgeon, psychiatrist, or some other type of physician -- every specialty has some level of occupational risk. Here are seven of the most common occupational hazards that doctors face and which specialties are most susceptible to them.
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Sharps Injuries
02:47 Exposure to Airborne Pathogens
04:16 Radiation Exposure
06:01 Back and Other Musculoskeletal Injuries
08:34 Physically Combative Patients
10:06 Substance Abuse
11:31 Sleep Deprivation
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[@vivladi3899]

Sleep deprivation is a huge one for me. Absolutely shocking how much my colleagues going through surgical residencies have to work. Its exploitative and detrimental to their health.

[@lalanto341]

I dont even understand it. Why would anyone want their surgeon to be sleep deprived and operate on them? I want my surgeon to be healthy and perform optimal. Sometimes I question why I always dream to become a surgeon

[@vivladi3899]

@@lalanto341 because the biggest copium huffing that happens in medicine is the lie that more hours directly = better doctors Because to admit the opposite would be to force a person to acknowledge that they were hazed and exploited by an archaic system designed around a stimulant addict, that the suffering they had to endure may not have been productive. And admitting that is very hard to do

[@chelacala7320]

same. I enjoy and value my sleep… so this is very concerning

[@liv0003]

And patients safety

[@BrockMDol]

It probably has to do with the whole belief of especially older doctors that, "I suffered, so these youngins should to. Because that's what it takes to be a GREAT surgeon!" When really, all they're doing romanticizing the kind of trauma and abuse that, more people outside of medicine knew about, would be shocked.

[@danielsmith5079]

Can you do a video on “Five emerging medical specialties you’ve never heard of - until now” by the AAMC? Includes cancer immunologist, nocturnist, lifestyle medicine, clinical informatics, and medical virtualist.

[@romangonta3173]

I would also add that pathologists are constantly exposed to formalin which is carcinogenic.

[@mariamomar8755]

This was turly eye-opening in some areas...I did not realize so many physicians struggle with substance abuse...

[@luckyluke2671]

The modern system for residency was based off of, and designed by, a cocaine addict that was able to work insane 120 hour work weeks since his addiction kept him awake with such little sleep. His name was William Stewart halsted

[@khalilahd.]

I’m actually surprised by a few of these. I’m still unsure of what specialty I want to do but this helps! 🙏🏽

[@scottm8433]

I definitely knew some of these but there were a few that were actually pretty surprising

[@IronFox365]

Thank you for the well researched information. Great content and relevant always set you apart.

[@chelacala7320]

Damn my toxic trait is me thinking this won’t happen to me. 🤨

[@barbaramatthews4735]

I was a Hospital Corpsman in the Navy and worked as a Medical Assistant when I got out. Support staff are also at risk.

[@ekekekekk]

Exposure to Gases is also serious problem for anesthesiologists. Low doses of sevo or nitrous being inhaled accidentally over years and years adds up

[@Nightraven26]

I think there were studies which didn't show any health issues connected to chronic exposure to sevo and N2O, but if you know of studies with different results, please link them, I would be interested as I worked in hospitals without a gas scavenging systems. I feel like most modern ORs should have a scavenging system so that the gases aren't released back into the OR so that the staff breathes them in in small doses. Also, I think I read that electrocautery devices when burning tissue release smoke which is comparable to cigarette smoke (and surgeons, OR nurses and anesthesiologists regularly breathe those in) and it was even found that cauterizing HPV lesions has the potential for you to breathe in the HPV virus.

[@wholeNwon]

@@Nightraven26 For at least 25 yrs., our ORs collected Bovie "smoke" with a vacuum device.

[@haroldpierre1726]

Please provide the literature for this claim.

[@lalanto341]

I dont even understand it. Why would anyone want their surgeon to be sleep deprived and operate on them? I want my surgeon to be healthy and perform optimal. Sometimes I question why I always dream to become a surgeon

[@darlynbreton7202]

Honestly same. My answer is that it really is a calling. You don’t choose medicine, medicine chooses you.

[@user-qz9pp6yw6i]

Fantastic video, thanks. Only for other videos, will it be great to include dentistry in the airborne infections section, at least. It may not be that obvious but dental specialists, surgeons etc. are part of the front line, and we are exposed to a lot of pathogens and infectious aerosols, not to mention the static load on the muscles during a procedure.

[@veiled_sakura]

Oh man, don't even get me started on the crazy stuff I've seen in the ER regarding violent AMS/psych patients, and I'm only a scribe! It can be pretty dangerous, indeed. This doesn't deter me from wanting to possibly work with similar patient populations in the future once I become an RN, but people definitely need to see, preferably first hand, what they're getting into before choosing a nursing or medicine specialty with such risks. Otherwise, I fear more nurses and providers might get seriously hurt if not become even worse burnt-out, which we do not need any more of.

[@yogeshlakshman8488]

Do videos on the specialities that needed more brain work like in the mind-blending case

[@aqualife88]

Ah yes, the IV cardiology I scribed for always said his biggest fear was a glioblastoma. Scary. As much as I wanted to do IVC I am wanting to just stick with cardiology

[@killerwaspy1303]

What is IV Cardiology and how are they more prone to gliobastoma?

[@scottm8433]

@@killerwaspy1303 IV Cardiology would be Interventional Cardiologist, a cardiologist who did further fellowship training to do some image guided procedures like stents. The risk for glioblastoma being due to radiation coming from the imaging while they're doing their procedures.

[@chezshirecat1872]

I work in pathology and say it is overall a safe job except for forensic pathology-I have seen pathologist cut themselves during a autopsy and several of the bodies are “infectious” and needed to be done it a special room.

[@ilqaa1761]

What about formalin exposure?

[@temams8817]

Great high quality video, thank you a lot! but you forgot Obs&gyne out of the game it is pretty similar to surgery and procedural specialties.

[@renee6989]

Can you make a video on why surgical specialities are the most toxic? I know it depends on the program but still 😬

[@renee6989]

And despite it I want to pursue surgery. It’s like that toxic relationship you don’t wanna leave 😂😂😂

[@m136dalie]

Didn't mention dementia patients in the combative section. Bless all the staff who work with these people, it's thankless work.

[@wholeNwon]

I was once a visitor in an ER at a large Philly hospital when a cop started yelling at me. His "reason" was that I was standing in a way that put me out of the line of sight of said cop!! It was that dangerous for physicians and other staff there. When I left they wouldn't even let me walk to my car alone in broad daylight.

[@olivergoicov2480]

5:50 I know that today we build bunckers that mittigate the effect of exposure to radiation , even in the very long term . So , my question is : did our teachers lied when they told us that , if you choose diagnostic radiology , you don't need to be affraid of the exposure to radiations because today it's basically zero due to the new technology used in our equipment and in the construction of the bunckers ? I start now to be a little bit concerned ...

[@ZucchiZ]

Yes the effect is negligible, but the cumulative effect is what does the bad work

[@avacallaa]

do you think you could do a video about becoming a doctor in a different country. i’m a us resident in undergraduate and i was wondering about the process of going to the uk to become a doctor

[@lonewolf604]

I want to be an EM Doc *watches video* -JD's dreams 2018-2022

[@daniaawni5180]

I'm happy dentistry didn't show up in the musculoskeletal issues category .. I kinda worry about this too much 🤦‍♀️

[@shantnubhanwala5972]

dentist is not a doctor so relax 😎

[@2001beril]

My mother has been a dentist for over 30 years now, she wishes she didn’t work standing up because now she has painful varicose veins and tendon impingement in her shoulder.

[@daniaawni5180]

😭😭 yh i realised dentists were not included in this video soon after i wrote my comment. I wish your mom's pain gets releaved ✨

[@SC-gp7kt]

@@shantnubhanwala5972 LOL yeah they dont anything about A&P, Diagnostics or treatment, do they?

[@boomingsystemup2067]

I do think they have these issues but I don't think this channel will talk about dentist. He is MD not DDS

[@andresraulmalpartida]

So the safest specialties are : fmed, pathology, endocrinology , hematology . Cool

[@MsAldil]

Dermatology

[@faithlesshound5621]

@@ishakhatu Really? He said American psychiatrists were the doctors most likely to suffer homicide.

[@wholeNwon]

@@MsAldil Just don't touch anything.

[@doc6]

you forgot inhaling toxic gases like formalin and other dyes in pathology

[@ARCHFIEND27]

How do diagnostic radiologists get exposed to radiation? Don’t they just read images?

[@natew6203]

They perform some image guided procedures, just not to the extent of IR

[@albertthescientist7450]

Never heard of a 34 hour shift without sleep, sound beyond extreme if not impossible! But the rest of the video was good. lol

[@fatihk1194]

For some countries this is a truth. Like my country. 36 hour work hours are very common in surgicql branches here.

[@Inny_]

It happens where I am too. About 36hrs if you are on call.

[@wholeNwon]

58 hrs. during parts of my training.

[@Vanshikaaa....0]

I don't want to become a doctor but still watching

[@milanacs1916]

That’s procrastinating, go do some push ups.

[@kdrx739]

​@@milanacs1916 slow down bro, she is not ortho

[@Kiki.shannan]

I do understand the sharp at risk but there's things that you can do to prevent that to happen to you like a bloodborne illness cuz we have gotten to that point where you can take prep. Which is a medication to prevent getting HIV. And recently we found out a way to cure hepatitis C. And as long as you get your socks for HPV virus hepatitis A and B. You shouldn't have to worry too much. There are still rare blood born illnesses but you probably won't come across them in the United States. Always do the safest practice that you were taught to prevent getting stabbed with a needle scalpel or anything sharp that comes in contact with blood.

[@blackblood1122]

I guess this video doesn’t include dentists as they are not medical doctors, but let me say that dentists are at higher risk than 99% of the medical physicians , we basically work on the patient mouth with aerosol generating procedures, we also perform surgery procedures on daily basis, and we do ALOT of x-rays throughout the day ON the dental chair, this is besides the risk of developing back disks problems and nick pain .

[@MrMuleguy]

You can make any of these arguments for just about any medical specialty as well. For example, Interventional Radiologists also perform surgical procedures on a daily basis using a fluoroscope that is constantly emitting ionizing radiation not just once for a few seconds, they're also utilizing the patient's vascular system to perform these procedures and are therefore opening themselves up to potential infection with bloodborne pathogens. EM doctors are also very often looking or working inside patient's mouths on things like dental abscesses, perform many procedures and are present for bedside X-rays for things like traumas, not only that but when things like COVID-19 come about those that are on the front lines of this infection are the EM doctors and other emergency Healthcare professionals. ENT and OMFS are always doing surgeries or other procedures in the head/neck areas. Pathologists literally just straight up handle different patient samples and microbes all day. Gastroenterologists work with the GI tract that is home to a host of opportunistic pathogens. All this to say, it's not a competition. Practicing medicine in any form comes with risks just like everything else in life. This video specifically is meant to help people make informed decisions about potential specialty options when they're finished with med school. Edit: Spelling

[@daniaawni5180]

Oh yeah we're not doctors 🤦‍♀️ I guess we should've read the title twice

[@pittypatcat]

Sounds like many physicians are in worse shape than the patients they treat.

[@nurreysangel5278]

Thanks for the Vedio but still undecided I want to be a biomedical engineering and dermatologist Please advise me ❤️🥺

[@kelminak2992]

Don’t go to med school to be a dermatologist. Most won’t make it as you have to be literally perfect in med school to match it. If you’re happy being any type of doctor, then consider med school. If you’re happy being anything else though, I strongly recommend it. Takes a real masochist to be a physician.

[@nurreysangel5278]

@@kelminak2992 Thank you so most for the advise and maybe I should consider being a anesthesiologist 😭

[@BruceFame]

@@nurreysangel5278 don't do it for money alone. Btw engineering & derm is great combo if you can do it

[@wholeNwon]

Do whichever interests you more. I'd choose derm. but that's just me. Med. school is not exceptionally difficult but it is tedious.

[@user-vo5kk8of8s]

May the peace and mercy of God be upon you. To the merciful hearts, may God protect you. I am a Palestinian mother from the Gaza Strip, a widow, and a mother of children who have no helper. Praise be to God. In any case, I ask the doers of good to help my children in dire necessity. Doing good. May God protect you and take care of you. From everywhere, unfortunately, inside the picture is my phone and reaching my children, have mercy on those on earth, have mercy on you from those in heaven. I wish from my Lord, a benefactor, who has mercy on a needy family, forgive me for entering here....

[@MatthewOceanXVX]

Bro I’m just tryna be a telemedicine psychiatrist. Cuts out the violent patient issue, and telemedicine is used a lot more now.

[@retinapeg1846]

Sharp injuries are a huge myth the actual risk is close to 1/15000 or lower.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

You can't just say that, you have to mention a source.

[@IshaqAMuhdCHO]

Please create video that explain 3 domain of learning cognitive, affective, and psychomotor.

[@khalilahd.]

Yes that would be so helpful!

[@baz295]

OBgyne should be at top of list

[@knowyourenemy50]

uhh no maybe dangerous to patients because of lack of surgical skills.

[@nawra77]

sleep depravation is the reason I went into emergency medicine.

[@blackbutterfly233ify]

Deprivation**

[@josephlafrance334]

mine was in the army getting shot lol

[@wholeNwon]

Makes other risks sound trivial, doesn't it?

[@hippocratesm.d.1543]

Why didn't i get into pharma or dentistry school ... Pfff FML

[@gracelinesther7894]

So basically, most specialities are dangerous😶

[@banish1265]

Id love a "So you want to me a nuclear medicine doctor"

[@robert19]

being exposed to low levels of radiation is being worse than not being exposed to radiation???? no way thats actually insane

[@faithlesshound5621]

Low level radiation is still more than no radiation.

[@pratibhaanand1911]

What about eating disorders in medicine?

[@dirk2655]

What's never diagnosed are healthcare professionals malingering...and that is weird.

[@lily-tk7gk]

so basically all specialists 😀

[@farazalam538]

Exercise? Sleeping is more important

[@DaJakeWhite]

Cute. Sounds safer than being a nurse. Thx.

[@SanaKhan-qf7cp]

People who can’t get into med school are the only ones who go into nursing, so people choosing to become doctors are more at a position of choosing what they want because they’re more hardworking and skilled and smart, hence the video

[@arandomdude8168]

intresting

[@xniks101x]

Me *wanting to be an anesthesiologist Kevin: Anesthesiologists have the highest rates of suicide. Me: 💀

[@gaurav.raj.mishra]

But you get free drugs

[@wholeNwon]

Know yourself!!! True of everything in life.

[@user-fo5ej2tg5k]

Same

[@turkeytrotproductions4582]

Didnt mention Respiratory Therapists

[@faithlesshound5621]

For the same reason he didn't mention dentists, or barbers: who traditionally were at risk of tuberculosis.

[@dakisdoc7557]

Bett

[@ssrians4124]

Second

[@lol.cooper]

First

[@tensionin5550]

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