{"id":24366,"date":"2020-12-24T08:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T13:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/?p=24366"},"modified":"2020-12-24T08:58:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T13:58:04","slug":"twas-the-night-before-shift-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feminem.org\/2020\/12\/24\/twas-the-night-before-shift-change\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Twas the Night Before Shift Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u2018Twas right before shift change, when all thru the shop, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the drunks were stirring, some led by a cop <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IV\u2019s were hung at the bedside with care <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In hopes that the next shift would soon be there <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The admits were tucked in snug in their beds <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While echoes of report danced in their heads.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the attending in white coat, and I in my jacket <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had just settled down from the last resus racket <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When by the ambulance bay rose such a clatter <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sprang from our chairs to see what was the matter <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Away to the trauma bay I flew like a flash <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Threw on the lead coat and velcro\u2019d the sash.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chest tubes prepared, the airway tray ready <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few seconds of quiet, holding my heartbeat steady <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the EMS crew should appear <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a young man, eyes wide open in fear <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With blood on his shirt and the hole from a gun <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I knew in a moment to call \u201cLevel One.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quickly I asked the boy his name <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He responded and \u201cairway\u201d was not to blame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAirway intact, reduced on the right!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCarotids are good, get nasal cannula on tight!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReady chest tube! Xray now if you can!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get this going, before s**t hits the fan!\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the BP went up and he started looking better, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surgery arrived to see what was the matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHemothorax on the right, pressure\u2019s now stable\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been great output though, to the OR if able\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the patient was wheeled off, blood trailed in his wake, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time we take, no sighs of relief to take.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For now the ambulance crew should arrive, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a GI bleeder, barely alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next team is here, they start to take over <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I wonder if Hallway 2 is finally sober.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As I leave the hospital, now two hours late, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel still glad that this was my fate <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be in a field where I can do this everyday <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where I am trained to handle anything coming my way <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even on bad days, when others may mock, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m still proud to be a bad ass lady ER doc.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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