Comments on: Those Shoes http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/ A blog from inside the emergency department Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: melody http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-100963 melody Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:18:20 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-100963 What brought her to the ER? What happened to hurt her so bad?

]]> By: Birdstrike http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-100595 Birdstrike Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-100595 Thanks for reading, everybody.

]]> By: Dillon http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99687 Dillon Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:38:55 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99687 Another WhiteCoat classic. Sad but full of power and truth. This job…it does something to you after awhile. We have to keep reminding ourselves how important it is and that there are very few with the skills and the heart to do it well. We just have to keep trying and give our families an extra hug when we get home.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99411 Jenny Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:30:27 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99411 About 10 years ago I volunteered working victim support with the local police department. One night I got a page and we woke up parents to inform them their son hung himself while his kids were asleep in the next room.

Shortly after that I left my volunteer position. Kudos to those of you who continue to serve the public in such harrowing situations.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99304 Leslie Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:36:56 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99304 My father was a police officer and responded to a car accident with a boy on his bicycle. The boy was dead on the scene and my father had to get the parents (and subsequently tell them the awful news).
That stuck with him his entire life. I do not envy first responders, or 2nd responders either. My heart goes out to all involved.

]]> By: ThorMD http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99300 ThorMD Mon, 17 Sep 2012 21:27:40 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99300 This brought back awful memories for me. Very similar situation, but the patient was the teenaged son of a coworker. Calling his dad (my boss) in the middle of the night to deliver the news was the worst day of my life. I’m crying now just thinking about it. I need to put it back into The Hurt Locker.

]]> By: CarebearFace http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99265 CarebearFace Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:58:41 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99265 Omg..how terribly sad. I also couldn’t imagine having to deliver such tragic news to a family.

]]> By: cape cod stepmom http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99241 cape cod stepmom Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:08:12 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99241 That was the point….

]]> By: defendUSA http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99217 defendUSA Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:31:52 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99217 Yikes.

]]> By: Ian http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/those-shoes/#comment-99141 Ian Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:48:10 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8591#comment-99141 … oh my god. My heart was caught in my throat.
So scary because it could be any of us standing in the room with the trauma pre alert rolling through the door and not knowing… not knowing.

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