Saving lives - all in a day's work over at GruntDoc's

One of my regular internet visits is the weblog of an emergency room physician working in Fort Worth.  He tells a simple story of a guy who came in with chest pains.  Excerpt:

As the interpreter is going back through the complaint, allergies, etc., I'm scanning the most recent admission history, and realize this was my patient three weeks ago. Not just that, this patient required CPR twice while in the ED, and I spent about an hour at the bedside then, working hard to keep him alive. No wonder he looked a little familiar.

It's a touching story, and short, too.  Check it out at GruntDoc.

Should you be so inclined, be sure to vote for GruntDoc for "Best Medical Blog" at Echo Journal.

Update:  if the permalink above for GruntDoc doesn't work, just go to the GruntDoc main page and scroll down to "Doctor, I'm having chest pain...".

Comments

[GruntDoc]

Thanks for the link, and for the encouragement to vote.