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A True Medical Alert
For those of us that work to save lives there is an inherent risk, especially in our world of Trauma. Patient and family satisfaction don't always add up to a positive number especially when we are held 'responsible' for a good outcome that may not happen. (can't make chicken soup out of chicken shit paradigm)
I have been stabbed in the leg, threatened that "if she dies doc, you die" (the brother of a patient driving drunk and hit a wall at 90mph and in coma), pushed around, punched and verbally abused. After the stabbing, I have been armed every day at work. Even in my neck of the woods, people come to our hospital with a grudge.
Be warned, be armed. The hospital police are for the most part out of shape, poor shots, never around and too far away. This is were I use my 'smart carry' holster, under scrubs or dress pants. Never un-armed in this environment and this article is one of many we read from around the country every week.
http://www.macon.com/220/story/306000.html
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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