A code, a trauma, and our fragile humanity
Somehow, I made it to my 4th year of medical school before I saw my first code blue.
I had no experience in emergency medicine before medical school, and my chosen specialty is about as far from critical care as you can get. It wasn’t until my rotation in the emergency department that I got the chance to absorb what it means to care for an emergently sick patient.
I was on …
