> When the patient is brought in and the trauma team is working, there's no > problem. There's just no time to think, only act. It's after the > doctor has called the time of death and we're covering up the body that > it really hits.
I know this a little, in times of crisis I'm never emotional until all possibilities of action are exhausted. It tends to get me frustrated a little with people who do freak out or start complaining or looking for someone to blame, when instead they could DO something. Or at least not add to the problem by being obnoxious about it. I figure people in health care HAVE to be that kind of people.
> For better or for worse, I'm an expert at repressing my emotions, so I > can usually hold on until I'm alone.
In that specific case, it's probably better for the patients and their family that you can hold on while at work, because with emotions being rather contagious, it would probably increase their stress to see the medical staff all flipped out too.
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> problem. There's just no time to think, only act. It's after the
> doctor has called the time of death and we're covering up the body that
> it really hits.
I know this a little, in times of crisis I'm never emotional until all possibilities of action are exhausted. It tends to get me frustrated a little with people who do freak out or start complaining or looking for someone to blame, when instead they could DO something. Or at least not add to the problem by being obnoxious about it.
I figure people in health care HAVE to be that kind of people.
> For better or for worse, I'm an expert at repressing my emotions, so I
> can usually hold on until I'm alone.
In that specific case, it's probably better for the patients and their family that you can hold on while at work, because with emotions being rather contagious, it would probably increase their stress to see the medical staff all flipped out too.