My First Stroke PatientBy Dara Farhadi(Originally Published on AAMC Website: Meaning Making During Times of Uncertainty)https://frahme-aamc.org/2020/12/18/my-first-stroke-patient/My First Stroke Patient“COVID-19, alone, intubated.Young Black Female,BLM protests outside.Significant anemia. Blood ordered post-procedure.I check on her. Sedation wearing off.I explain.She panics.“I never want blood!” she writes.“Why?”“Religious—Spiritual”I panic.RN, PRBC bag in hand.“No blood,” I say.I alert MD.On rounds—“Thank you, Dara,” she writes.”
By Dara Farhadi(Originally Published on AAMC Website: Meaning Making During Times of Uncertainty)https://frahme-aamc.org/2020/12/18/my-first-stroke-patient/My First Stroke Patient“COVID-19, alone, intubated.Young Black Female,BLM protests outside.Significant anemia. Blood ordered post-procedure.I check on her. Sedation wearing off.I explain.She panics.“I never want blood!” she writes.“Why?”“Religious—Spiritual”I panic.RN, PRBC bag in hand.“No blood,” I say.I alert MD.On rounds—“Thank you, Dara,” she writes.”