We all know that first aid is extremely important. When someone is sick, injured, or involved in an accident, they are taken to the Emergency Room (ER). After a patient gets through a difficult and critical phase, they are then treated by specialized doctors according to their needs, and finally cared for by nurses in each department.
What often goes unnoticed and is easily forgotten is this: when patients recover or continue with outpatient care, they usually remember to express gratitude and appreciation to the specialist doctors and hospital nurses. However, they often forget or may never even realize who took care of them during their most critical moments in the Emergency Room.
This is why the work of doctors and nurses in the ER is truly extraordinary. Their efforts are rarely remembered by patients, because by the time patients regain awareness, they have already gone through many stages of treatment. In many cases, even the patients’ families are unaware of who provided that initial, life-saving care.
They are the unsung heroes, whose contributions are often forgotten by both patients and their families. Yet without the immediate treatment given in the Emergency Room, patients might not survive their critical condition, or even make it through at all.
This is why we often forget the people who played a crucial role in our lives when we were unconscious. Meanwhile, we and our families are busy preparing gifts or souvenirs as a token of appreciation for other doctors and nurses. But have we ever truly appreciated and thanked the doctors and nurses in the Emergency Room?
Indonesian version:
Kita tahu pertolongan pertama sangat penting. Saat seseorang sakit, terluka dan kecelakaan, pastilah pertolongan pertama ke unit gawat darurat atau IGD. Setelah seseorang telah melewati masa sulit dan kritis, barulah selanjutnya ditangani oleh dokter bidang spesialis masing-masing, dan terakhir diserahkan para perawat masing-masing bagian.
Yang tidak disadari dan selalu dilupakan adalah ketika pasien sembuh dan ataupun masih dalam tahap rawat jalan, mereka selalu ingat berterimakasih dan mengapresiasi kebaikan para dokter spesialis dan perawat di rumah sakit, akan tetapi mereka sudah melupakan dan bahkan tidak sadar atau tidak mengetahui, siapakah yang menangani mereka saat sedang kritis di ruang gawat darurat? Inilah mengapa jasa para dokter dan perawat di Instalasi Gawat Darurat begitu luar biasa, karena mereka tidak pernah diingat akan jasanya oleh para pasien, oleh karena pasien sadar setelah melewati banyak tahapan perawatan, dan kerap kali keluarga pasien pun juga tidak mengetahuinya.
Merekalah pahlawan yang sering dilupakan jasanya oleh para pasien dan keluarga. Padahal tanpa penanganan pertolongan pertama dari Instalasi Gawat Darurat, pasien belum tentu dapat berhasil melewati masa kritisnya apalagi bertahan hidup.
Inilah mengapa kita sering lupa jasa-jasa orang-orang yang berperan penting dalam hidup saat kita tidak sadarkan diri. Sementara kita dan keluarga sibuk menyiapkan bingkisan kado bahkan souvenir sebagai ucapan terima kasih kepada dokter dan perawat lainnya. Sudahkah kita mengapresiasi dan berterimakasih kepada para dokter dan perawat di bagian Instalasi Gawat Darurat?
20260430Written by : Kepik Romantis/PVA
Pic Source : Free Picture Emergency Room
