![]() ![]() And I’m sure a million other things were happening that I did not register because I was a novice doctor. The attending physician looked on approvingly. A third ran the code from the foot of the bed like a conductor directing an orchestra. Another one tore open a procedure tray with the intention to place catheters into the femoral artery and vein. One of my senior residents prepared to intubate the patient. The EMS personnel continued to administer CPR. The nurses hunted for veins to place IVs. The techs transferred the patient from the stretcher to the bed and then attached pads and the EKG leads. I felt frozen in place while everyone raced around me. I wanted to do something but I didn’t know where to start. Early in my residency, I remember the first time I saw a patient coding in the emergency department. ![]()
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