Paramedic Shares Heart-breaking Picture Of ER Doctor Who Had Just Lost A Young Patient

The emotional toll endured by emergency room medics has been revealed by a moving photograph showing an ER doctor consumed by grief after losing a teenage patient.

The image was posted to a website by a friend and colleague of the doctor who explained that a 19-year-old he was trying to save passed away.

The doctor, wearing a white coat, is seen crouching down by the side of a road at night, with one hand holding a wall – the heart-ache of what he’d seen clearly too much to bear.

The poster, who works in California, said: ‘Though this is a common occurrence in our field of work, the patients we lose are typically old, sick, or some combination of the two. The patient that died was 19 years old, and for him, it was one of those calls we get sometimes that just hits you.’

The picture was first published on Reddit and has led to thousands of comments from touched users.

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One, ‘J-Hof’, wrote that the image ‘really hit home’ as it reminded him of the shock felt by ER medics after they failed to save his father’s life.

Source: DailyMail