On TV, the paramedics are met at the ambulance bay by at least two doctors who ride the rails as the medic gives the story. The patient is moved over to the hospital bed where a team of ED staffers are ready to go to town in a seamless continuum of care. Sometimes this mirrors…
Month: July 2013
Sickle Cell
Sickle cell anemia is a horrible, painful disease. Over the years I have gone from viewing sickle cell anemia patients as drug-seekers (here I blame the EMS culture at the time) who I did nothing more than put on the stretcher and take to the hospital to human beings suffering from a painful disease who…