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...
News
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.”
News
A surfing PA leads an intense beach rescue
- Author:
- Nancy Westbrook-May, PA-C
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
The rescue started with the PA beginning CPR on a man he found on the beach, who was blue in the face, had some secretions around his mouth, and...
Opinion
Emergency birth on a plane: Two doctors earn their wings
- Author:
- Sij Hemal, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
“So, internally, I was having a meltdown. Sij, you have to keep it together right now, because there’s no one else that’s going to do this. Just...
Opinion
A doctor must go to extremes to save a choking victim
- Author:
- Royce Johnson, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
The restaurant served steak and salmon, and this woman made the mistake of ordering the steak.
Opinion
A doctor intervenes in a fiery car crash
- Author:
- Mohamed Hani Farhat, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
‘While all of the children were concerning to me, I identified one in particular: the 5-year-old boy.’
Opinion
A freak impalement by a model rocket has this doctor scrambling
- Author:
- Stephen Anderson, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
A 5-foot-long rocket, two and a half inches in diameter, hit a middle-aged man. ‘But you can’t imagine how.’
Opinion
A remote mountain bike crash forces a doctor to take knife in hand
- Author:
- Jesse Coenen, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
An emergency medicine doctor stops mountain biking to help a man lying on a trail, not moving but occasionally breathing.
Opinion
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
- Author:
- Daniel Cassavar, MD
- As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.