The first-year medical student and the 114-year-old patient
I thought the most important thing I had learned while working in the emergency department as a first-year medical student was to bop and weave. The impeccable foot skills I harnessed as a youth lacrosse player were put to great use- to stay out of the way. The quiet whisper of a nurse trying to slide behind me, and — BAM — back against the wall. I can hear the …
The first-year medical student and the 114-year-old patient









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