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A surfing PA leads an intense beach rescue

Author:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: March 13, 2023

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 wa...

Opinion

Emergency birth on a plane: Two doctors earn their wings

Author:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: March 1, 2023

“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 gi...

Opinion

A doctor must go to extremes to save a choking victim

Author:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: February 16, 2023

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:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: February 9, 2023

‘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:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: January 20, 2023

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:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: January 12, 2023

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:: As Told To Sarah Yahr Tucker

Publish date: December 22, 2022

The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.