Dr McGarry grew up in Chicago, graduated from Pen State 2005, went to Pitt med school(don't hold that against him).
“You're one person when you go to a shift as an ER physician, you leave as someone else,” he said, describing an experience he had of performing CPR on a patient. “I'm pushing and pushing and pushing, the cell phone falls out of this guy's pocket. And on the cell phone you see, ‘Hey, are you there?’ Question mark. Question mark. And I'm pumping away. Question mark. Question mark. And I know in that moment I'm the only person on this planet who knows that this guy is in the act of dying, and we don't know what's going to happen. … It's such an intimate moment. I don't even know this man, and I'm touching his heart, pushing it hard, and seeing this relationship go on with this other person in front of him.
“You're one person when you go to a shift as an ER physician, you leave as someone else,” he said, describing an experience he had of performing CPR on a patient. “I'm pushing and pushing and pushing, the cell phone falls out of this guy's pocket. And on the cell phone you see, ‘Hey, are you there?’ Question mark. Question mark. And I'm pumping away. Question mark. Question mark. And I know in that moment I'm the only person on this planet who knows that this guy is in the act of dying, and we don't know what's going to happen. … It's such an intimate moment. I don't even know this man, and I'm touching his heart, pushing it hard, and seeing this relationship go on with this other person in front of him.
