title: Bag of worms.
abstract: In this story, I describe, from my perspective as a resident, working with a surgeon to resuscitate a woman who has suffered an avulsion of her pulmonary artery. The patient, a victim of a collision with an intoxicated driver, arrived at the hospital as I was caring for another patient who was undergoing his tenth admission for detoxification. Having been thrown unexpectedly into the fray, I looked upon a beating heart for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Division of Sports Medicine, Maine Medical Center, 272 Congress St, Portland, ME 04101, USA. glazej@mmc.org
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Glazer
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003933:Diagnosis; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010820:Physicians