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If they only knew

I remember finding my rhythm in the ER. Most days I am pining for more.
Suddenly: A child arrests. Feel for pulses. Compress. Epi.
Do we have ROSC? This is prayer I can always get behind.
Next: Expletives soar. What a gift, I say, that their child was not dying.
How do we carry on?

If they only knew, Literature by Kajsa Vlasic, MD

Kajsa Vlasic, MD

Kajsa is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Global Health Fellow at Primary Children’s Hospital. She has a B.A. in English literature and spends one-fourth of her year in East Africa. When in Salt Lake, she loves getting lost in bookstores, drinking a good glass of rosé, and chasing after the finest powder in the Wasatch.

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