Medical

I'm a paramedic. I was driving this rich lady who was in labor—I'll never forget what she screamed at me.

I worked for a doctor who was unbelievably cruel to his patients. I had to sit by and watch him deny medication to people who clearly needed it—but one dark day, he took it too far.

I worked for a doctor who was unbelievably cruel to his patients. I had to sit by and watch him deny medication to people who clearly needed it—but one dark day, he took it too far.

The AdmissionJason came through those ICU doors on a non-rebreather mask at 100% oxygen, and he was still barely keeping his saturation above 88%. His chest X-ray looked like someone had poured milk into his...

The ScreamingI heard the screaming before I even reached the ER's main corridor. It wasn't the usual sounds you get used to in emergency medicine—the groans, the confused elderly patients calling for help, the occasional...

Just Another Long CaseI grabbed the chart from the rack at 2:37 AM, my third shift in a row at Memorial ER. 'Linda Morrison, 62, Multiple Medical Problems' was written at the top—basically code for...