Bridging the Gap between the Bench and the Bedside

Abstract

delible impression on your brain and can serve as a
turning point on the way you think and lead your life. I
had just experienced one of them; in which I in the
capacity of a doctor, was called on to resuscitate an aged
person, who was unresponsive in the compartment next
to me while traveling on a train in India.
It was the most helpless situation, in which I had to
initiate CPR on the aisle of the train and then, physically
shift the patient on to a railway platform to continue with
my effort, finally resulting in him sputtering back to life.
But what really struck me was the general non
involvement or callousness of the people around me and
even the police to lend a helping hand, fetch support, call
an ambulance or even get an oxygen supply going.