Slow Down

It’s 0631.
Nurse: “She wants to speak to the team”
Chief: “We don’t have time to talk right now”
Patient: [she mumbles something through her trach]
Chief: “I’m sorry, ma’am, I can’t understand you”
He lifts up her gown to press on her belly.
She tries again.
He’s gone.
She’s frustrated.
I’m appalled.
It’s 0632.

Sarah Childs, MD


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