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ZDogg, RN here. I practiced in ERs and ICUs for 18 years and left the bedside due to bad PTSD after 7 bad child abuse cases in a ten month period. Since I left, I’ve spoken to many healthcare professionals with similar issues. It seems to be almost ubiquitous.

What can we do to address PTSD in bedside practitioners?

Old time ICU and ER RN here. It was always my practice to find out what kind of music my comatose patients liked and put it on softly in the room. Did you hear things going on around you? Does music in the room make a difference?

I rarely ever got to find out how my patients did after they left ICU. Thanks for sharing your story.