By Quentin Parker
medical student.
the pager beeps
it is a race to the trauma call.
A first.
patient.
gunshot wound.
a roar of voices surrounds.
a first and possibly a last.
medial staff.
another gunshot wound.
organized chaos ensues.
a normal day.
medical student and staff.
bellowing moment of silence.
remembering a stranger,
a first of many.
Quentin Parker is a fourth-year medical student in the College of Medicine and recently matched into Anesthesiology at UAMS. In his spare time he enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his wife and daughters.