Stepfade
Walking out of the hospital into morning light after a night you'll never forget.
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A collection of 186 issues
Statquiet
The unnatural stillness that falls in the seconds before a crash call team arrives.
Sleevecrack
The small triumph of ripping off a surgical gown in one clean motion.
Pillhill
The cumulative burden of tablets, capsules and potions that turns living with a chronic illness into a daily uphill climb. Submitted by Olefella.
Skillflinch
The breath you hold watching a junior attempt a procedure for the first time.
Shiftdrift
The feeling of hours blending together until you're not sure which day you're in.
Seamlessium
The crystalline perfection of a procedure that goes exactly to plan.
Sealhiss
The sound of a mask seal breaking.
Scrubswim
The restless slipping and sagging of scrubs that do not fit.
Shittyplan
A late-shift therapeutic manoeuvre of dubious wisdom, performed largely to avoid appearing inert, whose downstream effect is to oblige the incoming team to spend several hours reversing it, explaining it, and pretending it was not entirely avoidable. Submitted by Roxy.