A&E is frightening. It reminds us that life is fragile—and what could be more frightening than that? A&E teaches us that we are vulnerable and, despite our best efforts, we can’t predict who will trip on a pavement, causing a catastrophic bleed to the brain; whose roof will collapse, leading to the traumatic amputation of a limb, a broken neck, a broken back, bleeding to death; who will be part of a couple married for sixty
