Great Patient Saves
Prepared for This: One New Physician’s Experience Battling COVID-19
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
– 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 […]
Read ArticleYoung Adult With Blurred Vision, Weakness
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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