Patient's view

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7399.1133-a

BMJ 2003;326:1133-1134 (24 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7399.1133-a

Commentary

Patient's view

Peter Hartl, Gottfried Sodeck, registrar¹

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vienna General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1093 Vienna, Austria Gottfried.Sodeck@univie.ac.at

Peter Hartl with the support of Gottfried Sodeck

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

When the doctors first asked me to participate in this discussionabout my case I refused because I did not know how to expressmy impressions and reflections properly. However, I did letmy wife talk to Gottfried Sodeck, and with their help I havefinally managed to discuss my illness. In sum, taking partin the interactive case report has been an interesting experiencefor me.

Peter's memories of emergencytreatment were a blur

LARRY MULVEHILL/SPL

I realise now that although the doctors of the emergency department informed me about my diagnosis and the following surgery, theonly thing I remember clearly is being taken to the operatingtheatre in the lift. I think I was simply overwhelmed by thesituation and was not able to reflect and realise the lifethreatening nature of my condition.

After surgery, in the intensive care unit and the normal careward, I . . . [Full text of this article]

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