[as Jeanie is leaving work] Good. I'm glad you're still here.
I'm surprised that you are.
Jeanie, I had every right to be angry. I went to the mat for you. We had a deal.
I couldn't just stand there and watch him die.
You don't know that he would have.
We were losing a pulse. It was worth the risk, Kerry.
Jeanie, you made a decision to continue working here and I supported it, but sometimes our decisions affect more than just ourselves.
And in this case, a man is still alive.
I appreciate that, but we all agreed you'd work under specific guidelines. You have to stick to them.
I know, I know. But if I had to do it again, I can't say I wouldn't do the same thing. I waited as long as I could to put in that chest tube. I didn't have a choice.
He had multiple rib fractures. You could have cut your finger and bled inside his chest.
But I didn't.
We agreed you wouldn't put your hands into any poorly visualized cavities.
What was I supposed to do?
Walk away.
He would have died.
That's the risk you assume for your patients when you continue to work here with HIV.
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