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Poetry and prose
Poem
The Evening Shift
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  1. Helen Gibson
  1. Correspondence to Dr Helen Gibson, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Panda Centre, Corsebar Road, Paisley PA2 9PN, UK; hggibson{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/medhum-2017-011272

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    the page bleeps relentlessly

    a chain of patients still to see 

    and the phone rings rings again

    spot tests nebs bloods LP 

    awaiting results but treat IV 

    the page bleeps relentlessly

    cannula fails dad complains

    calm situation hit the vein 

    and the phone rings rings again 

    toddler bruising no history

    parents aggressive contradictory

    the page bleeps relentlessly

    resus breathless call ITU in

    no local beds or transfer ‘til ten

    and the phone rings rings again

    night reg sick no capacity

    negotiate maintain endlessly

    the page bleeps relentlessly

    and the phone rings rings again

    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.