Dedicated to Satwant Kaur. Written and directed by Pramanik Bharadwaj. Chief Resident played by Dean McCarthy. Cinematography by Jonathan Mena & Therese Jackson. Sound engineering by Dwayne Fortune. Special thanks to Prasheel Bharadwj & Pranay Bhardwaj. Inspired by Eliezer M. Van Allen's "Role In Transition" Ann. Intern. Med. 2009; 151:427-428
Feel No Pain Lyrics
V1
Up in the call room -- with a spoon fill of home-cooked food
Just got off the phone with grand moms, complaining she put too
much of her Indian spices -- real hot -- but just so cool
She pushed me to pull this medical resident school kid through.
My pager goes off -- it's the Emergency Room -- with a new admission
Patient was an elderly woman with an unstable condition
Finished my last bites -- and left the rest in the fridge
In less than a minute -- Im at her bedside -- with all my questions
Less than a second -- it took to realize what didn't need guessing
Her breathing was labored -- her knees were pressing her chest in
She had a history of long-standing dementia
Along with a long list of other conditions and standing right next to her
Her family... some tearful -- others firm and focused
Full code status -- so I made sure we tubed her throat
For the 5th time this year -- the end of near -- it's near the ending
Her situation's clear -- she was rapidly deteriorating
Most probably: Aspiration -- severe incapacitation
Regretful -- to tell the family, their loved one may not make it
They still ask for life-sustaining measures -- when her blood pressure
Dropped -- I placed a central line and started those damn pressors.
Hook
Sometimes I don't know why I feel so strange
As I go about my day -- I feel no pain
But as I look into the eyes of my patient there laying
I know that she's about to die -- I hope she feels no pain
You can ask all my people -- they feel the same
Caught in the middle of things -- its why we feel so drained
If he's on his deathbed -- I hope he feels no pain
And when he passes away -- I hope I feel no pain
V2
It never ceased to amaze me -- even at her advanced age.
My god mother in the kitchen -- managing pots filled with chicken,
Conducting a symphony of different delicious dishes,
The scent alone makes me want to take the top and just lift it.
But not before I get my hand slapped -- by that demanding chef,
I'm always snooping around -- sniffing what she's planning next,
She's making sure I don't compromise her space again,
She brushes me out of the way -- I can't have a taste again!
Damn -- I'm getting paged again -- my heart start to race again,
It's the same patient - coding -- now she's way past facing death,
I jump on the patient's bed -- and start with the chest compressions,[
Cracking her brittle ribs -- as my senior defibrillates her,
It takes us -- only one shock -- we get her back!
Let's call the family up -- 2am -- get 'em back!
The cardiac rhythm & hemodynamics- we got 'em back,
Even though I don't know -- how long we can hold that from going flat.
Hook
Sometimes I don't know why I feel so strange
As I go about my day -- I feel no pain
But as I look into the eyes of my patient there laying
I know that she's about to die -- I hope she feels no pain
You can ask all my people -- they feel the same
Caught in the middle of things -- its why we feel so drained
If he's on his deathbed -- I hope he feels no pain
And when he passes away -- I hope I feel no pain
V3
At one end -- is my attending reciting what sounds foreign,
"Despite our best efforts -- ain't no fighting the failing organs."
At the other end there's that patient's loving husband,
Who try's to explain -- he doesn't want any hospice comfort,
He doesn't want to pull the -- plug and let her go under,
By any and all means -- wants us to resuscitate her.
In caught in the middle -- riddled with questions -- with no answers,
Do No Harm -- it's that oath -- that I won't tamper.
But I know my own fam -- would look at me as their only doctor,
Only for proper guidance -- should this happen to my god mother,
Only God knows how much I love her -- I'll put no one else above her,
Sprinkle some false hope above that grim prognosis,
Then I'm reminded of all the futile interventions,
From son to physician -- frustrated by this transition,
Counting each deep breath -- I'll walk with her each step,
The only thing left to give is a gift or peaceful death
Hookx2
Sometimes I don't know why I feel so strange
As I go about my day -- I feel no pain
But as I look into the eyes of my patient there laying
I know that she's about to die -- I hope she feels no pain
You can ask all my people -- they feel the same
Caught in the middle of things -- it's why we feel so drained
If he's on his deathbed -- I hope he feels no pain
And when he passes away -- I hope I feel no pain
Copyright © Pramanik Bharadwaj, M.D., 2010. All Rights Reserved.
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@ZDoggMD Do I feel a collaboration coming up?
SikhandDestroy86 9 months ago 4
@manikmdmc Yo, I'm not worthy of this guy...it's like Weird Al collabin' with Jay Z or something. But I'm down!
ZDoggMD 9 months ago 3