Comments on: A Sense of Doom

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:45:41 +0000

Although you were successful and very candid in your assessment of the pt., one must not forget to (like you) always listen to the patient as a separate entity from others………its the gray area ………not found in the books (black and white.) Nurses are very good assessment oreinted practitioners and Im afraid that because of the little time spent with the pt. the doctors must learn to access nursing staff and work as a team.

By: kate

kate — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0000

its very sad

By: Fat Doctor

Fat Doctor — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:51:12 +0000

This is why I’m glad I don’t do emergency medicine. Even reading this story made me feel a sick feeling of horror, which is what I feel every time I get an adrenaline rush. Glad there are those of you who enjoy it!

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:02:53 +0000

Had one of these just the other day. It can make you feel so helpless sometimes.

Our patient died the next day.

By: Dr. Val

Dr. Val — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:53:35 +0000

What a story! I can’t help but wonder if things could have been different if the surgeon were right there at the time of the first X-ray.