A Letter To My Patient

Beyond the facts gleaned from rounds in the surgical ICU, I barely know who you are. You certainly do not know me, a third-year medical student hopeful for a career as an emergency physician. Like so many others, the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled our education, compressing our clerkships by weeks while simultaneously preventing us from treating the patients whose illnesses caused the delay. But today, in this moment, you need all hands on deck. Recently, more available PPE means medical students can now help treat COVID patients, so I—gowned, gloved, and double-masked—run in to help you as so many others these last months have done before me.

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