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lahyf
2008.02.22
Charles' Bridge, Prague
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Charles' Bridge, Prague
Mood: Neutral Insight: Excellent
I saw this article and thought it was quite meaningful..
There is nothing more intoxicating than spending a day saving lives, but as night creeps on, and you start losing more patients than you should, despair can hit with the force of ice. It is no comfort to know that you are now wiser and older (by 100 years). So when you find yourself washing your hands between one death and the next, for one second be honest with yourself, and write of your errors and sorrows on the surface of the water - a few temporary ambiguous squiggles framing your thoughts and the life that is lost. This is not about audit and accountability. This is about you fortifying yourself to survive this onslaught. So, in case a manager is looking over your shoulder, pull the plug, and as water flows away, know that it mingles with the rising tide of your own failings at the bedside, through which we have surfaced, no doubt a little faster than we should. At your next bedside you may do better if you can buy time; time to take a history, time to think, and time to ask...
