I am an ER doc. I wrote a short story about a girl having a seizure.

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I shared it with a couple nurse colleagues and they suggested I share it here. I hope you like it.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Very, very powerful. Thank you for sharing.

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Specializes in Trauma Surgical ICU.

Thanks for sharing

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Thank you.

I was fascinated by the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.

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Specializes in Emergency & Trauma/Adult ICU.

Dr. Green, thank you very much for sharing, and I wish you success with your upcoming book.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
Thank you.

I was fascinated by the book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures.

I read that book many years ago, and I agree, it was a very good read.

Thank you for sharing your experience, Phillip. You're right about time seeming to crawl when a patient is seizing. You really captured the how it feels to watch someone seizing, and how helpless the family feels.

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I'm looking forward to your new book as well.

I've read so many other physician's books ranging from medical school to many different specialties. I don't believe in being addicted to books by physicians . . . but I will admit to buying them all the time.

Dr. Paul Austin's book Something for the Pain: Compassion and Burnout in the ER was very good. His new book about his daughter with Down Syndrome is also a very honest look at what life was like for he, his wife, and his daughter.

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This was very powerful. I am not a nurse, but I have seen a person go through a seizure. Your words brought back the images. Thank you for relaying it with so much compassion.

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I just read your two short stories about electronic medical records. Very good.

We've lost a few medical providers due to EMR frustrations. One left on her own due to coming to the conclusion that the computer was taking her away from the patient. The other one was fired for not keeping up with her charting although she was an excellent physician.

Our hospital has one system for the ER, one for the acute floor, one for wound care, and one for hospice.

Makes me crazy . . .

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I am looking forward to your book, as well.... Always hungry for a solid, behind-the-scenes healthcare narrative. Food for my minion soul... Thanks for sharing!

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Thank you for all your comments and feedback!

Phil Green

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Specializes in LTC, assisted living, med-surg, psych.

Haunting and well-written. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

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