Conversing with Life

An eternal minute

Whenever I'm called on to attend to a patient whose condition have taken a turn for the worse; for example:

1) patient is hypotensive
2) patient is drowsy
3) patient is breathless
4) patient is confused
5) patient got abdominal pain

certain changes can be done in a few minutes.


Run in fluids, give oxygen, nebulise the patient, give paracetamol...

But if we take the time to think about it. In that few minutes, the patient's life is in our hands.

One wrong judgement, one wrong decision; could potentially be fatal.

So whenever I see a patient, 1 min seems so long.

Wei Qiang converses @ 21:07