April 16, 2019
I went into the room to update the woman about her elderly mother. Her critically Ill mother laying next to us. Ms. Zarova lived out of town in New Jersey, and recently had an acute illness called myxedema coma. She had improved somewhat, but her daughter and son in law thought she was getting worse in the rehab home. So the previous day the…
April 15, 2019
Nausea happens. In fact, nausea is responsible for 4.8 million visits to the Emergency Department in the United States annually . There are many common causes including stomach viruses, vertigo, morning sickness, common reactions to antibiotics or medicines or vitamins, disagreeable food–you name it. Of course, there are serious causes of nausea including heart attacks, surgical abdominal issues, or head…
April 14, 2019
Mr. Jones was sick. You could tell from across the room. He was shriveled like a prune and was moaning like a goat. As the paramedics unloaded him onto the gurney, I asked one of them for his vitals and my hunch was confirmed. “Blood pressures are about 70 over palp, heart rates in the 130s, and we couldn’t really get an oxygen…