BurnoutEmergency Medicine
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The Bridge to Nowhere
Twenty-seven patients. One doctor. Sixteen hours. And the moment she realized that the myth of the invincible physician was killing her — and her patients.
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Emergency Medicine
Stories from the front lines of the emergency department
Stories tagged Emergency Medicine
Ethical DilemmasEmergency Medicine
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The Day I Chose My Patient Over Protocol
She was ninety-two, had a DNR, and wanted to see her garden one last time. Hospital policy said she couldn't leave the unit. I wheeled her outside anyway, and I would do it again.
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Global MedicineEmergency Medicine
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The Letter from Khartoum
The boy was twelve years old and had walked thirty miles with a broken leg to reach our clinic. He arrived alone, carrying his younger sister on his back. He did not cry. He did not complain. He asked me, in halting English, if I could help his sister first.
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FeaturedNear Death ExperiencesEmergency Medicine
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The Veridical NDE
The patient was clinically dead for seven minutes. When he woke up, he described the shoes the attending surgeon was wearing — shoes the surgeon hadn't been wearing when the patient last saw him, but had changed into mid-procedure.
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Read the Stories That Changed Everything
Public descriptions say the book draws on more than 200 physician interviews and presents 26 selected accounts.
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