Entries from January 2009

January 5, 2009

How to Save a Life: Humanizing Technology

The call comes at 5:40 a.m.  “We had to start CPR.  Your dad’s heart is having ‘funny’ rhythms.”  The voice is kind.
And unconvincing. Isn’t CPR used for when a heart … stops?
By the time I get to the hospital, I hear that they had to do the whole scene familiar to millions from ER:  nurses [...]