I don’t think I would admit this to my colleagues, but I find some of the expressions used in the ICU to be kind of heartwarming, if not downright charming.
For example, when someone is about to be extubated and the nurse might say, “I really don’t think he’s gonna fly.” The vision of a coughing, [...]
I dreamt that my patient went into V-tach, or something like it. As commotion ensued, I was trying to remember everything I could about ACLS (which isn’t a lot). What kept going through my head was that you have to shock V-tack, but for almost everything else you start with drugs (atropine, epinephrine, etc.) So [...]
If you haven’t already, you might want to read A Baby Story, first.
I just happened to be 20 minutes early going to work when I got the phone call that the baby was born. I was so excited; I mean, what are the chances that I would actually be early for work on that particular [...]
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