Life in Death by Fareed Ahmed (guest writer)


Not too long ago I was on call as the resuscitation room supervisor. At the beginning of my shift I had no idea that the day was going to leave such a deep impact - one that would perhaps remain etched on my conscience for the rest of my life...


The full narrative was published by Annals of Emergency Medicine and may be viewed at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196064416301883






CREDITS:

About the Author: Dr. Fareed Ahmed
, recently graduated from the Emergency Medicine Residency Programme at AKU. He has also completed a Masters in Clinical Research from AKU.  

Acknowledgement: A version of this narrative was first published by the Annals of Emergency Medicine

Editorial Note: This is from a 'phase II' continuation of Narrative Medicine at AKU - what started as a Workshop-based initiative on January 20th, 2016. The editorial work was performed by the Writers’ Guild, an interest group at AKU, with the purpose to promote love of reflective reading and writing, within and outside of  AKU. 
     
DISCLAIMER: Copyright belongs to the author. This blog cannot be held responsible for events bearing overt resemblance to any actual occurrences. 

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