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A Doctor Gets the Save When a Little League Umpire Collapses
- Author:
- Jennifer Lafemina, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Surgical oncologist aids umpire hit by a ball during a Little League game.
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Vacationing Doctors Intervene After Shark Attack
- Author:
- Ryan Forbess, MD
- Mohammad Ali, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Two trauma doctors and other clinicians care for a teenage girl injured after a shark attack.
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‘Blood Everywhere’: Nurses Control In-Flight Crisis
- Author:
- Audra Podruzny, RN
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Nurse couple returning from vacation assist man who fell, was unconscious and bleeding, with few resources on plane.
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‘Just Be Prepared’: MD Finds Overdose Victim in an Alley
- Author:
- Patrick Joynt, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Emergency medicine physician treats community man for overdose, and suggests all HCPs should carry naloxone for such instances.
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Vacationing Doctors Fight to Revive a Drowned Child
- Author:
- Jennifer Suders, DO
- Daniel Suders, DO
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Physician couple on vacation steps in to help boy who was unconscious in a pool.
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‘No Pulse’: An MD’s First Night Off in 2 Weeks Turns Grave
- Author:
- Jose Valle Giler, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Physician on a night out with friends works to save the life of a man who is unresponsive and has no pulse.
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Two Doctors Face Down a Gunman While Saving His Victim
- Author:
- Bill Madden, MD
- Ron Quintia, DDS
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Doctors recall events when they helped a man shot by a coworker at a plant nursery.
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A Military Nurse Saves a Life After a Brutal Rollover Crash
- Author:
- Lt. Col. Anne Staley, RN
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
After watching a woman being ejected from her car then run over by a trailer, a nurse stabilizes her for transport to the hospital.
Opinion
A mid-marathon cardiac arrest, an MD’s crisis of confidence
- Author:
- Theodore Strange, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Yes, I just did something great. But I’d recently been called the worst physician in the world.
Opinion
What can you do during a mass shooting? This MD found out
- Author:
- James Sebesta, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
We were seeing high-velocity gunshot wounds that I’ve seen for 20 years in the Army. I know how to fix them. But there wasn’t a single thing I...
Opinion
In 133-vehicle pileup, bleeding paramedic helps while hurt
- Author:
- Trey McDaniel
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
I had slammed into the vehicle in front of me and my SUV did a kind of 360° barrel roll over the median into the northbound lanes, landing wheels...
Opinion
MD rushes in after lightning strikes four people at White House
- Author:
- Alister Martin, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
It was like two different parts of my brain were active at the exact same time. One said “You just ran from there, idiot. Why are you running back...
Opinion
Ruptured aneurysm turns MD couple into doctor-patient
- Author:
- Taylor Delgado, MD
- Alison Delgado, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
We were at the top of our stairs. I didn’t have a blade or any other equipment, just the tracheostomy tube with the dilator. I pushed hard, and...
Opinion
Doctor spots a gunshot victim staggering down his street
- Author:
- Benjamin Gammon, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
Afterwards, people asked me, “Weren’t you worried that you were going to get shot?” That does happen in North Philadelphia. But it didn’t even...
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A baby stops breathing at a grocery store – An ICU nurse steps in
- Author:
- Binta Diallo, RN, BSN, CCRN
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
“You read about things like this. You hear about them. But you never think it’ll happen to you – until it happens.”