The most impressive entertainment is non-verbal. When the train hits a bump and a soda can rolls down the aisle, every ED veteran snaps their head toward the sound. That is the sound of a falling patient. When a toddler screams bloody murder because he dropped his cookie, the pediatric ED nurses smile serenely while the new interns flinch. The train is their simulator; every passenger is a potential EKG reading. The Inevitable: "Is there a doctor on the train?" No article about the ED train lifestyle would be complete without The Announcement .
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The ED crew exchanges a look. A look that says: We are off the clock. We have not slept. We are wearing compression socks with crocs. molested on train