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"and let me know how it
turns out in the morning?"
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- There's been a lot of moments like that
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with ultrasound where I say, wow,
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this guy woulda died.
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Or, as a physician, you think to yourself,
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I almost killed this lady.
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- But now you got a patient here tomorrow.
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Are you gonna be able to save
this person's life tomorrow?
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- Just the other day I
had a tragic drowning case
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that I was involved with.
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A 18-month-old that was found
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at the bottom of a pool,
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and we were able to get a heartbeat back.
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The child did die.
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- I've gotta be just that
much better tomorrow,
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because something else is
comin' through that door
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that I may need it for.
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- As a specialty, we get it
right about 80% of the time.
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We're sorta 80-percenters.
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And a lot of people are comfortable
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not gettin' to a hundred percent,
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and so that drives some
emergency physicians crazy
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and out of the field.
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- As a father and with many other people
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in the resuscitation
team that were parents,
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to see that sorta case,
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that was pretty,
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that was a big-impact case.
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- At the end of the day can you sit back
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and say I did everything
I could for that person?
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- Within minutes I have to then go back
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and see a sprained ankle.
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- And hopefully I have a good outcome.
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(chuckles)
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- Is it more art or science?
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It's a good amount of art.
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It's a good amount of art.
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(rock guitar music)
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