The registrar with a young medical student in tow wore an undecipherable expression on his face. “Are you looking after the patient in cubicle two,” he enquired. I acknowledged that I was. “Well I think you might have closed the curtain,” he snapped. I evidently looked confused. “Well she is dead,” he said bluntly. A […]
Category: Emergency Department
Emergency Department Initiation
My eagerly anticipated placement in the Emergency Department is about to begin. It is 7 o’clock in the morning, I am a bleary eyed and apprehensive as I make my entrance into the department for the first time. A central nurse/doctor station is surrounded by rows of curtained cubicles through which I can discern the […]