Posted by denitzablagev on October 5, 2014 · 5 Comments
“They need you in room 13” she said when I answered the phone and I ran back to the ICU. The patient was coding and for each minute that felt like an hour, we tried, and failed, to save her. She wasn’t breathing, her heart wasn’t working, and despite the 30 people gathered in the room, … Continue reading →
Category doctor, dying · Tagged with code, code leader, code status, death, DNR/DNI, doctor, dying, epinephrine, ICU, patient, running a code, Thank you
Posted by denitzablagev on March 6, 2014 · 4 Comments
On February 24, 2014 Dr. Robert C. Moellering, Jr. passed away. And then the class emails and Facebook comments flew. We couldn’t believe it. We were all saddened. We had such great memories of him. We knew him so well. And he us! Every one of us. Dr. Moellering was the physician-in-chief and chair of … Continue reading →
Category doctor, dying, medical education, women in medicine · Tagged with BIDMC, chief of medicine, housestaff, housestaff party, in memoriam, internal medicine, Jr., mentoring, physician scientist, resident report, Robert C. Moellering
Posted by denitzablagev on February 23, 2013 · 9 Comments
It is another night on call in the intensive care unit. The night shift starts with what we call a sign-out where the physicians who have been taking care of these critically ill patients during the day tell me a bit about each of them as well as any issues that would be useful to … Continue reading →
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