Cathartic Ramblings of an ED doctor

I looked after a 5 yo boy with severe trauma, he coded and we couldnt get him back. Telling his mother was the one of the most difficult things I had to do, after she broke down and started heaving and hyperventilating, she looked me dead in the eye and said hold me while I view him... and I did She went in to see him, talk to him, whilst leaning on me I held it together till she finished and left then I let go I lost it completely I fell to the ground and sobbed for 5 minute

I have always been a night owl, I have been doing night shifts for the last 6-7 years.. I am ok with them, they can be exhausting, but oh...

I was working an easygoing shift with colleagues, a chest pain here, a sprained ankle there.. nothing too overwhelming.. when I as...