Outside Hospital Walls, Systems Save Lives

Clinical Expertise is Not a Shield Against Physical Vulnerability This article is

designed to bridge the gap between hospital-based medicine and prehospital reality.

It’s written to be thought-provoking, professional, and deeply human. By George Amolo

The False Security of the Hospital Wall Within the walls of a hospital,

healthcare professionals move with a distinct sense of agency. We are surrounded by the tools of

our trade, monitors that beep with predictable regularity, teams that respond

to a "code blue" in seconds, and pharmacies stocked with every imaginable life-saving intervention.

In this environment, we are experts. We are the ones in control. But there is a dangerous