When the ER Doc Became the Patient’s Dad

Author: Brad Buckingham, MD (1)

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…What, and how, does an ER doctor think when his or her loved one heads to the hospital? I wish I could perfectly describe my mindset, but in the whirlwind of it, the only word is surreal… I went immediately to Elizabeth’s side. I had either avoided the truth or just didn’t fully notice until then, that there was something unmistakably wrong with my daughter…

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1. University of Kentucky, Department of Emergency Medicine