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To induce asystole as needed
Michael Gritti is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto “To induce asystole as needed.” Looking the decision in the face wasn't as simple as I'd thought, I conceded....
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VSA
Jenna Webber is a Public Health & Preventive Medicine Resident (R2) at Queen's University It’s 1 AM. The call comes in: VSA en route. Your team assembles. Efficient, empathic, skilled — the team...
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Blank space
Beatrice Preti is an Internal Medicine Resident (R2) at Queen's University The list is long, but I know your name Each day before, its spot was the same Second from the top, the second room on...
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Air and water
Shubham Shan is a medical student in the Class of 2019 at the University of Toronto She arrived on an inclined stretcher, grasping her Venturi mask like a child holding on to her favourite toy....
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Arnav Agarwal is an Internal Medicine Resident (R1) at the University of Toronto. Check back the last Thursday of each month for a new featured piece as part of his series (Doc Talks: Reflections to...
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Kacper Niburski is a medical student in the Class of 2021 at McGill University. He is also the CMAJ student humanities blog editor. The heart is open and I wonder if my feet smell. Much of the room...
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Kacper Niburski is a medical student in the Class of 2021 at McGill University. He is also the CMAJ student humanities blog editor. Follow his writing instagram: @_kenkan. arachnoid aneurysm there...
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He is sitting alone on the side of his bed. He is turned away from the sun. The oxygen tubing disappears into the shadow of his face.
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my next patient is an experienced personal support worker who works at a long term care home.
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There is a necessary ritual between the dying and the living: that immense need to be held and to hold, to be surrounded by people and be present for the departure from this life.
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Lorenzo Madrazo is a second-year Internal Medicine resident from Western University. Hello, Your dad is in the hospital Confused. Probably an infection. Hello He’s more Awake– Better today...
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COVID-19 visitor restriction policies have taken away a basic tenet of patient-centered care and family-centered care.
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I can’t help but recognize that it is racism – not race – that is the real culprit behind the increase in morbidity and mortality.
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