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VBlanchette
Female, 29, MN
"Things don't happen to us, we take actions which have consequences; if you don't like the consequences, change your plan of action!!!"
5:20am, August 6, 2009
Bad night in the ER. Mood
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Well, I came to work tonight to find 2 victims in a car accident being worked on.  The one died, it was pretty bad.  The one I helped has a broken cheek bone, a fracture in his lumbar 4 and 5, and a bleed on the side of his brain.  He was stable, but combative.  I think we did a good job on him, but I feel empty somehow.  I want this fulfilled feeling, but I just don't have it.  I was able to keep him calm and coax him into cooperating with out battery of tests.  Maybe if I knew how he turns out I could feel better.  I don't know.  There's not much there for feelings or thoughts.
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  1. ErinD

    I'm sorry you had such a rough night. Is there a way you can find out his status?


    ErinD

  2. VBlanchette

    I can't b/c of confidentiality. I don't need to know how he is in order to continue his care. In the newborn nursery, we get updated just because they have a different policy since a lot of the time the mothers are still with us but the baby is at the NICU. I ust wish I could shake this profoundly empty feeling. I'm sad for the family, but I just feel like....nothing. Maybe like failure?


    VBlanchette

  3. anjeH

    sorry you had a bad night...I hate those shifts!


    anjeH

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