Our MDs regularly work 7+ days straight in the ICU sans outbursts.Maybe his emotional outburst is completely justified under the circumstances and he's not suffering from anything other than 7 days straight in the ICU. So there's that, Dr. Phil.
This is normal.
I've seen docs do 28 days straight. Most don't want to do that, some have no problem.
Some of these outburst docs should check out the ICU mortality rates from 1980s and early 90s. Not to mention previous years.
Changes in hospital mortality for United States intensive care unit admissions from 1988 to 2012 - Critical Care
Introduction A decrease in disease-specific mortality over the last twenty years has been reported for patients admitted to United States (US) hospitals, but data for intensive care patients are lacking. The aim of this study was to describe changes in hospital mortality and case-mix using...
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