Medicine by Captivity: The Rise of the Hostage Physician (opens in new tab)

Medicine by Captivity: The Rise of the Hostage Physician by Joseph Varon at Brownstone Institute The ICU Before Sunrise The intensive care unit (ICU) was crowded before sunrise, again. After 40 years in medicine, I am not sure what “full” even means anymore. Every ICU now feels just one patient away from disaster. Patients wait in emergency departments for beds that do not exist. Another transfer is already on the way because someone thinks our ICU still has space. Nurses are exhausted. Resid...