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I have just come off a night shift, clerking in new patients on the acute medical unit, or AMU. The AMU is effectively a transient short-stay ward where new patients […]
I have just come off a night shift, clerking in new patients on the acute medical unit, or AMU. The AMU is effectively a transient short-stay ward where new patients […]
Colleagues and friends, doctors and nurses, healthcares and radiographers – our work is intense, antisocial and emotionally draining. It’s been us against the tide of patients coming through the door, […]
So, what is it actually like to work in A&E? A few words spring to mind. It’s different, varied, unpredictable on a small scale but often similar on a large. […]
You don’t always notice how it creeps up on you. It’s hot and you’re not sleeping well, you’re tired all the time. You go out to a restaurant, and people […]
The shift pattern in A&E is something of a Marmite brand that almost no-one loves. Wave goodbye to your evenings, people, for you shall have precious few of them remaining! […]
Rock up to A&E. Get changed, go to my locker, dump stuff, check the clock. Pick up my stethoscope, my torch, a pen for the day – take a breath. […]