An ER doctor on how to triage your busy life | Darria Long | TEDxNaperville

ER doctor Darria Long explains key lessons from hospital emergency rooms on handling stress, chaos, and life. Dr. Darria Long Gillespie is a Yale- and Harvard-trained emergency physician, author of national bestselling book Mom Hacks, and a regular TV expert on HLN, CNN, The Dr. Oz Show, The Doctors, and Fox News.

A mom of two herself, Dr. Darria is quickly becoming the national ‘go-to’ doctor for combining the best science with the highest-yield shortcuts - to make health both understandable - and easy - for people who have too much to do. She helps audiences everywhere learn the value of tiny, incremental changes, and find their feeling of “I’ve GOT this!” again.

[haradikabulchandani]

"When you get out of your own head, you get out of your own way"

Loved it. Had to write it down.

[zoeyryan]

She is a good story teller, I was engaged the whole time.

[josecalderon]

This is one of the most useful TED Talks I have ever seen!
Dr. Long is an excellent speaker!

[markgibbs]

As a former EMT working in the 2nd busiest ER in my state I can attest that this doctor has the right perspective. Plan, prepare and keep your cool.

[heathergittens]

Well said. I could never work in the ER, though, but I admire and appreciate those heroes that could deal with stress, especially in these times.

[birdee]

"Raise your hand if..."
I'm that guy in the bottom of the frame waving frantically.

[Jess-vxeg]

I definitively know what she talked about with the brain losing function because of anxiety. I wrote my BA thesis recently and especially during the last few days before I had to hand it in my anxiety was through the roof. I had panic attacks every hour and the panic never really left. I tried to work on my paper but I was unable to work for longer periods of time because my brain just stopped working. I felt so out of control. It was terrible and I FELT terrible. Stressing and, as an extreme form of that, anxiety really are a hindrance in life.

[javennabellingerlearnsomething]

She seems like a very balanced women!!
Thanks for giving GREAT life advice!!!💖👏

[gauravsinghrathore]

Alright, here's the summary for comment scrollers.

Dr. Darria Long - Speaker


What is is talking about ?
It's about how to handle days when there are many many tasks that needs to be done RIGHT NOW!!!, deadlines are almost dead, your family needs your time your boss wants to bank on you for that important presentation, its overwhelmingly busy, its intense.

Ok, what the effective way to deal with such days ??

It's a 3 step process .
1- Triage (Prioritize you check list Red task >> Blue Tasks >> Green Tasks )
2- Plan the daily trivial things so that they don't exhaust your brain and prepare in advance for the upcoming chaos.
3- Get out of your own head, Zoom Out .

[alainfaberstaff]

This was a great talk. Let's be more ready.

[amani_]

10:51 because you see we all get nervous we all get scared but it's what you do next that matters

[RSukul-ljyq]

One of the better Tedx presentations.
Big-up Dr. Long

[amani_]

👏 I appreciate every single word she said

[LarryeWhite]

Train your mind to stay calm in every situation.
Calm cool and calculated. That was 1 of the best I've ever seen. I always thrived under "Crazy mode" loved it. Crazier the better.

[Lekkerscrollen]

What a great speaker! She took us with her the whole talk.

[janelogan]

What a powerful and needed talk, thank you so much Dr. Daaria Long!

[OmerQuenneville]

I mentor people and talk about this, preparing now and putting systems in place so things just happen, to make life easier. It is easier said than done to get people on board with this concept.

[kittycat]

I really enjoyed the talk, as soon as I watched the coloring triage i started applying it to my life, soon later i found myself back to the good old Priority matrix. I think its the same concept

[TheInstantUpgrade]

Make sure to spend a few minutes a day in total silence and listen to your intuition.

[dianak.]

This I will carry with me always - pediatric ER triage Nurse @ a level 1 hospital