We finally decided that there was too much risk to wait any longer; we had to operate and find out what was going on inside his abdomen.
We finally decided that there was too much risk to wait any longer; we had to operate and find out what was going on inside his abdomen.
She was not stable enough to go to the OR for a below the knee amputation (BKA). But the question remained, if we could remove the source of infection, would she stabilize?
I was awakened by Anne’s voice coming through over our private channel on our HAM radio located at the head of our bed. Channel 146.455 She asked if I was going to come down to the ER?
It is still unknown what causes this form of heart failure in pregnant women, but it usually manifests itself late in pregnancy or following a birth. It also often gets worse in subsequent pregnancies…
“CQ Balfate! Ayuda en la sala de parto!” CQ Balfate meant code blue, which is what we say when a patient is needing CPR…