First job of the day was a quick check of the wards to look for any of my patients with the O sign: unconscious with an open mouth.
And do surgeons cry when it.
Tell parents their child is dead.
What does it take to cut into living flesh, get drenched in warm blood, and operate with only a 50/50 chance of success? To know one wrong move might kill a patient.
Or worse, the Q sign: same as the O sign, but with the tongue hanging out to one side and no pulse ...
First job of the day was a quick check of the wards to look for any of my patients with the O sign: unconscious with an open mouth