Last night I saw my first serious trauma case. Almost four years in--the cautiousness of the Swedish people has been working against me in this regard. It didn't go well for the patient, and his chances were slim even before he got there. However I can report that it was a little like it is on TV, except much more controlled and much more professional than I was worried it would be. A thoroughly well-oiled machine. I have been worrying a little about this "we did everything we could" business, but they really did seem to do everything they could have done, in a systematic, thorough, decisive and critical way, and for as long as there seemed to be even the slightest hope.

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