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Everyday Disasters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2005

JOSEPH J. FINS
JOSEPH J. FINS
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Ethics, Weil Medical College of Cornell University
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Abstract

“That's my dad on the floor.”

And there he was unconscious in a pool of blood in the bathroom. A paramedic who had accompanied him to the john was holding him off the ground, the USMC tattoo on his forearm cradling his head. My sister shrieked, and I went down on my knees to see about his airway. “We need a doctor here. Cardiac Team!” Could this really be happening to him? To us? Jesus Christ.

Type
CHANGING PLACES
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 207 - 213
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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