This article originally appeared in the National Association of EMS Physicians blog and is reprinted here with permission. By ...
In our What It’s Like series, we speak with people from a wide range of backgrounds about how their lives have changed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For this installment, we spoke with Cherene ...
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A pulmonologist is sued after responding to a call from ICU staff to prevent airway collapse in a patient who was ultimately ...
Dr. David Farcy was in the midst of a discussion about treatment with a severely ill COVID-19 patient at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach when he realized something unusual. The patient’s ...
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