Great Patient Saves

Prepared for This: One New Physician’s Experience Battling COVID-19

March 1st, 2022
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Posted in Great Patient Saves, Life in the ER

Prepared for This Kathryn Rouse, MD, was finishing up her residency at a Bronx city hospital emergency department when the Covid-19 Pandemic hit New York City. Her time at the hospital – one of the worst hit in the country – followed by her first year as an attending there, was unforgettable. “In one sense,” […]

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Great Patient Save by Tracee Tewell, PA-C

July 10th, 2019
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– as told by Dr. Justin Coomes + “I’ll never forget that day.” I was in a difficult central line at the time, easily one of the most difficult of my career. I could not leave my patient’s bedside. Tracee Tewell, a PA who has worked in our emergency department for six years, responded to […]

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Young Adult With Blurred Vision, Weakness

March 23rd, 2017
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Posted in Great Patient Saves, Hospitalist Medicine, Life in the ER, Skilled Nursing

Dr. Jordan Kramer, former VEP Healthcare Chief Medical Officer, saw an interesting patient in the ED recently and prepared the following case summary. A 21-year-old college student with no past medical history came to the ED recently with a chief complaint of blurred vision for two days and weakness for one day.  The patient complained […]

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