The gown card reads “What can happen in a minute?”
This is an undated gown card so I am unsure what I was getting at as I didn’t clean up my documentation act until later.
However…
One minute is 60 seconds.
A proper dry time for surgical prep can be 3 minutes, depending on what has been prepped and what prep is used.
In a minute, your heart can beat anywhere from 30-200+ times. This is depending on your heart and what is impacting it.
In a minute, the world can change.
I think a better question to ask is what can happen in a second. A second can be the threshold from one world into another. A second can be the threshold between being alive and being dead. A second can be how long your attention is diverted and catastrophe can strike in that second.
Anyone with cats or kids can tell you that.
Just like silence in an empty house can be peaceful, silence in a house with toddlers or cats can be suspicious.
In a second, the world can change.
It depends on your perspective.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 