1/🧵 Seeing Differently in #COVID ICU Care 👁
The world tells me “stuff” & “freedom ” bring happiness, yet neither suffice or satisfy.
If I reject chances to serve my suffering patients, I am left bereft.
Merciful care brings healing & provides joy all around.
What is #Mercy?
The world tells me “stuff” & “freedom ” bring happiness, yet neither suffice or satisfy.
If I reject chances to serve my suffering patients, I am left bereft.
Merciful care brings healing & provides joy all around.
What is #Mercy?
2/ My working definition of mercy is my willingness to dive into the chaos of another person’s life & provide lifting & healing.
Often as an ICU physician I do the former but not the latter.
That is, I dive into their #chaos without admitting I don’t know what’s right for them.
Often as an ICU physician I do the former but not the latter.
That is, I dive into their #chaos without admitting I don’t know what’s right for them.
3/…but without performing actions that lead to lifting and healing of my patient’s spirit & mind, what I’m doing is dispensing false mercy.
eg, If in #COVID, I make the lungs 🫁 my whole goal, sedate & depersonalize someone for too long, I beget new diseases.
#PICS #LongCovid
eg, If in #COVID, I make the lungs 🫁 my whole goal, sedate & depersonalize someone for too long, I beget new diseases.
#PICS #LongCovid
4/ True mercy comes when I take the time to dive into his or her life and find out what matters to this person and treat not just the physical body but also the mind, spirit & soul.
Mercy brings them healing & leaves fading scars in me that provide the enduring joy I seek.❤️🩹
Mercy brings them healing & leaves fading scars in me that provide the enduring joy I seek.❤️🩹
5/fin
In the 1st tweet, did you see a young or an old woman?
It’s all about perspective.
In #Covid, “seeing differently” means looking at people in front of me & taking them as they are without judgment. This prevents #burnout in me & provides them w someone who cares.
#EDDB
In the 1st tweet, did you see a young or an old woman?
It’s all about perspective.
In #Covid, “seeing differently” means looking at people in front of me & taking them as they are without judgment. This prevents #burnout in me & provides them w someone who cares.
#EDDB
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