Saturday, November 8, 2014

Who is having the heart attack here??

Ran a code STEMI a while ago. We are more than 1 hour from PCI so we do all the clot busters in our wee hospitals cross our fingers and go to the nearest cath lab. 

Obviously there is a long discussion about the pros and cons of using the busters. There are risks of bleeding. Our patient's medical history is reviewed to rule out any chance of bleeding. 

As we piled into the ambulance my patient's wife started crying. She said that she was remembering when her husband had hiis AAA burst and how scary that had been. 

o.0

It took me a minute to realise that she meant her former husband. 

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