Abstract
Two poems about patients I cared for while an EMT. I met many different patients and yet these moments stuck with me, even now, years later.
Katrina Bandeli writes poetry that she hopes will spark conversations about difficult and beautiful moments. She is a scientist, mom, and hobby enthusiast. When she’s not going through the usual tasks of keeping her three boys alive, you can find her listening to audiobooks, crocheting, writing, and baking. She has poetry featured in NJ Bards Poetry Review 2024, Minute Musings Anthology, EasternSea Bards Anthology, and Cacti Fur and forthcoming in NJ Bards Poetry Review 2025.
Recommended Citation
Bandeli, Katrina
(2026)
"Two poems: Searching for Solace, and Dead on Arrival,"
Survive & Thrive: A Journal for Medical Humanities and Narrative as Medicine: Vol. 11:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
Available at:
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/survive_thrive/vol11/iss1/12