Abstract
In this story, I describe, from my perspective as a resident, working with a surgeon to resuscitate a woman who has suffered an avulsion of her pulmonary artery. The patient, a victim of a collision with an intoxicated driver, arrived at the hospital as I was caring for another patient who was undergoing his tenth admission for detoxification. Having been thrown unexpectedly into the fray, I looked upon a beating heart for the first time
- Received for publication October 22, 2003.
- Revision received January 8, 2004.
- Accepted for publication January 19, 2004.
- © 2004 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.