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A bloody day at the accident and emergency department
BMJ 2006; 333 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7574.882 (Published 26 October 2006) Cite this as: BMJ 2006;333:882
- Laith K Qassim AlRubaiy (laithalrubaiy@gmail.com), MSc clinical dermatology candidate
- King's College London;, Department of Medicine, Basra College of Medicine, University of Basra, Basra, Iraq
It was an unusually quiet night duty. I started at midnight on a cold winter night. My colleague handed me two cases to follow up—one was an asthmatic patient, who was discharged after two hours, and the other was a patient with renal colic, who became better with analgesia. Five hours passed without any patient knocking at the door. I thought it might be the cold that made people prefer to stay at home rather than coming to hospital.
At 7 10 am, we …
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