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Christmas Blues

A Christmas shift in ED turns from routine cases to a near-miss ruptured ectopic pregnancy, forcing a painful lesson in judgement, urgency and accountability.

Added on October 20, 2020 Foundation Year 1 , Neurology

I.II.I FIRST DAY My first rotation had come and gone. On my last day, it felt almost surreal leaving the ward. The surgical department had truly become my home. I’d spent the better part of three months wandering those halls, making idle chit-chat with the staff, working my ass off. I’d built a life there, and now I had to […]