WEBVTT 00:00.140 --> 00:03.050 Lieutenant Commander Con Funk . That's 00:03.050 --> 00:05.400 spelled K . H . A N . H . Last name is 00:05.400 --> 00:08.680 P . H . U . N . G . Perfect . And then 00:08.680 --> 00:10.847 where are you stationed out of ? Sir I 00:10.847 --> 00:13.230 am stationed out of Naval Medical 00:13.230 --> 00:16.180 Center san Diego balboa . Can you tell 00:16.180 --> 00:18.124 us what the mission is of the Navy 00:18.124 --> 00:20.069 medical team who is supporting the 00:20.069 --> 00:22.180 university of Utah Hospital ? Yeah of 00:22.180 --> 00:24.291 course . So the governor of the state 00:24.291 --> 00:26.458 of Utah uh felt the need that you know 00:26.458 --> 00:26.290 the hospitals were being kind of 00:26.290 --> 00:28.450 stressed . So as a female for some 00:28.450 --> 00:30.672 support for the antacid D . O . D . And 00:30.672 --> 00:32.894 then our Navy team to come here to kind 00:32.894 --> 00:35.117 of help kind of take some of the burden 00:35.117 --> 00:37.283 off the hospital staff here . And what 00:37.283 --> 00:39.339 is your role as part of that team in 00:39.339 --> 00:41.561 the hospital ? Yeah . So right now I am 00:41.561 --> 00:43.783 on a internal medicine kind of hospital 00:43.783 --> 00:46.960 steam so we do shifts where we just 00:46.960 --> 00:49.127 admit patients from the hospital or to 00:49.127 --> 00:51.470 the hospital or would that be from you 00:51.470 --> 00:53.770 know a different hospital from the er 00:53.780 --> 00:55.891 that's what I'm doing right now . Can 00:55.891 --> 00:58.002 you kind of walk us through what your 00:58.002 --> 01:00.113 day to day looks like when you arrive 01:00.113 --> 01:02.280 at the hospital until you leave ? Yeah 01:02.280 --> 01:04.447 of course . So my shift starts at 8:30 01:04.447 --> 01:06.447 so right now I'm only doing the day 01:06.447 --> 01:08.447 shift but there are other shifts as 01:08.447 --> 01:10.336 well . So I get there and then um 01:10.336 --> 01:12.336 whenever they call us for a patient 01:12.336 --> 01:14.558 whether from the er or from a different 01:14.558 --> 01:16.558 team or something like that . We go 01:16.558 --> 01:18.780 evaluate the patient . We feel like the 01:18.780 --> 01:18.290 patient needs to be admitted to the 01:18.290 --> 01:20.330 hospital , then We certainly do our 01:20.330 --> 01:22.441 best to take care of the patient . So 01:22.441 --> 01:24.608 that's just from 8:30-6:30 every day . 01:24.640 --> 01:28.290 Um Have you ever worked in a 01:28.290 --> 01:30.800 civilian hospital before as like an on 01:30.810 --> 01:32.921 you know , as an internal or internal 01:32.921 --> 01:35.730 medicine doctor ? Yeah . So um so no , 01:35.730 --> 01:37.897 so this is my first experience working 01:37.897 --> 01:40.119 at a civilian hospital as a attending . 01:40.119 --> 01:42.008 So someone who has graduated from 01:42.008 --> 01:43.730 residency but certainly during 01:43.730 --> 01:46.180 residency I did uh do a month or two 01:46.180 --> 01:48.402 here at a time at a civilian hospital . 01:48.402 --> 01:50.291 But that was in the capacity as a 01:50.291 --> 01:52.458 trainee . Okay . How does it feel like 01:52.458 --> 01:54.236 being in a civilian hospital is 01:54.236 --> 01:56.347 attending ? Is it is it any different 01:56.347 --> 01:58.458 than being in the navy ? Um Those are 01:58.458 --> 02:00.791 the hospital or ? Yes and no , you know , 02:00.791 --> 02:02.513 certainly medicine is medicine 02:02.513 --> 02:04.680 regardless of where you go . But in my 02:04.680 --> 02:07.150 capacity over at balboa , so bobbo is a 02:07.150 --> 02:09.690 teaching hospital . Um So whenever you 02:09.690 --> 02:11.746 admit a patient it goes through your 02:11.746 --> 02:13.857 internal your resident before it gets 02:13.857 --> 02:16.079 to you . So certainly it's kind of nice 02:16.079 --> 02:18.246 to kind of , you know , exercise those 02:18.246 --> 02:18.140 those muscles that you haven't used in 02:18.140 --> 02:20.990 a while . So so here when I get the 02:20.990 --> 02:23.101 call , I go see the patient , I write 02:23.101 --> 02:25.510 the orders , I write the note . Uh So 02:25.510 --> 02:27.910 it's a little bit different here . Um 02:27.920 --> 02:30.142 Have you had any particularly rewarding 02:30.142 --> 02:32.142 experiences that you've been here . 02:32.142 --> 02:31.850 Have there been any patients that have 02:31.850 --> 02:34.017 stood out , any military veterans that 02:34.017 --> 02:36.183 have connected with you because you're 02:36.183 --> 02:38.490 in the military . I wouldn't say , you 02:38.490 --> 02:40.712 know , maybe one thing that stood out , 02:40.712 --> 02:42.879 but everyone's been super hospitable , 02:42.879 --> 02:45.320 super welcoming , very helpful at the 02:45.320 --> 02:49.250 hospital . Um thus far , you 02:49.250 --> 02:51.250 know , I've only worked a couple of 02:51.250 --> 02:53.139 shows , but we have admitted some 02:53.139 --> 02:55.083 pretty sick patients , Some pretty 02:55.083 --> 02:57.350 complicated patients . Um you know , so 02:57.350 --> 02:59.517 without the support of the rest of the 02:59.517 --> 02:59.210 team and I don't think it would be 02:59.210 --> 03:01.810 possible . How does your family feel 03:01.810 --> 03:04.032 about having you away ? Were you at Rio 03:04.032 --> 03:06.032 Farmington ? I was not an informant 03:06.032 --> 03:08.143 team , but I was at , you know , I've 03:08.143 --> 03:10.290 never been on a team like this before 03:10.290 --> 03:12.401 in the past , but I was on a previous 03:12.401 --> 03:14.568 task for to hawaii to kind of help out 03:14.568 --> 03:16.679 with the water situation down there . 03:16.679 --> 03:18.901 Um I do have a four month old at home , 03:18.901 --> 03:21.123 so a little bit tough on my wife at the 03:21.123 --> 03:23.234 moment , but but certainly that's why 03:23.234 --> 03:25.346 we wear the uniform , so when we need 03:25.346 --> 03:27.512 it and you know , that's where we go . 03:27.512 --> 03:29.734 And then did you say before you had any 03:29.734 --> 03:31.901 family history of military service ? I 03:31.901 --> 03:33.901 did . So my cousin was actually the 03:33.901 --> 03:37.150 Navy's . Well , he was he was a BM 03:37.540 --> 03:39.262 before getting out and then he 03:39.262 --> 03:41.318 ultimately became a family doctor as 03:41.318 --> 03:43.429 well . What does he think of you like 03:43.429 --> 03:43.420 kind of following in his footsteps , 03:43.420 --> 03:47.190 some of them maybe . Ah he he was 03:47.190 --> 03:49.412 actually pretty big inspiration for why 03:49.412 --> 03:51.579 I did actually medicine . He was first 03:51.579 --> 03:53.690 a medic , then went to medical school 03:53.690 --> 03:55.801 and became a doctor and I kind of did 03:55.801 --> 03:57.968 the same thing . So uh I like to think 03:57.968 --> 04:00.134 he's proud of me . Yeah , I would love 04:00.134 --> 04:02.134 to say hi to my family , you know , 04:02.134 --> 04:04.246 thank you for your support , not just 04:04.246 --> 04:04.210 this mission but you know , in my 04:04.210 --> 04:06.700 entire career , so I can't wait to go 04:06.700 --> 04:07.800 home and say hi to you guys .