The Patient Who Reminded Me I’m Human
As an untrained E.R. doctor, all I wanted was to make it through the night
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5 min readJun 19, 2019
My very first surgical case involved a man who had been stabbed in the neck. As a medical student, I was asked to apply and hold pressure to this man’s wound while a great debate raged regarding the status of his carotid artery. When my hand grew tired and slipped, the…
