Beep… boop… continuous… Patient life in ICU… Hope for improvement.
Beep.. boop… continuous… Doctor life in ICU… Doing my job… check.
Boop.. booop… boooop…. booooop….. beeeeeeeeeep………. Patient death in ICU… Your suffering gone.
Boop.. booop… boooop…. booooop….. beeeeeeeeeep………. Patient death in ICU… My despair begins.
Within my control? Feeling burned out… hopelessness? My ICU life? …
Tonal Existence, Literature by Stephen Hall Sams, MD
Stephen Hall Sams, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Section of Critical Care
Stephen is a self-described Michigander transplant who landed here 8 years ago and never left. First time submitting creative writing about how intensive care life sometimes can get heavy.