Open AccessNevertheless, I have persisted
Author(s) -
Melissa J. Freeman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
qualitative research in medicine and healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2532-2044
DOI - 10.4081/qrmh.2019.8638
Subject(s) - morning , critically ill , neurology , stroke (engine) , medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , psychology , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , engineering , mechanical engineering
In the early morning hours of one night, when I am a neurology resident on call at the hospital, I am paged to a stroke alert. This means I had to run to the emergency room to see, assess, and treat a critically ill patient. (...)