To those of you who are still in the midst of pursuing a seemingly elusive goal of being in medical school I highly encourage you to take a few moments and jot down why you want it so badly. Make a quick list of all the reasons why you want to be a doctor and how you will feel once you achieve that monumental goal. For those of us in …
A stark reminder of the opportunity we have as physicians
“Code fifty-two, emergency room. Code fifty-two, emergency room,” blared over the loud speaker in the hospital. Simultaneously a chorus of beepers went off, like crickets on a sticky summer day.
I glanced down at my pager that echoed the same message “CODE 52, EMERGENCY ROOM.” The same message flashed across the screen three more times as I ran quickly down the main hallway. Code 52 meant trauma. I was about to …
A medical student’s first trauma
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