A surprising example of how medicine is learned from our patients
“The patient in room 17 needs an IV line! Hey, have you ever put in an IV before?!”
Everybody looked at me at once. I tried my best to maintain a confident outer appearance. But I’ll admit, I was caught off guard. I thought back to my attempted IV insertions throughout my anesthesia rotation earlier in the year. I struggled with getting the IV line smoothly into the vein. I followed …