"Can I get a doctor in here?" These are not words you want to hear in the emergency department. I went into the room to see what my nurse needed. I saw the nurse at the bedside with a young woman, clearly frightened with a blood-soaked towel pressed between her legs.

Medicine is an an awesome privilege to play a small part in the lives of our patients that may have an impact that ripples in eternity.

There are no ordinary people or mere mortals. Every patient has a future story - immortal horror or everlasting splendor.