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.