2010 ER Family Provider 
StorytellERdoc
JULY 10, 2014
I originally wrote this piece in December, 2010. Lately, though, it seems the system meant to provide this care is being bogged down by questionable decision-making. Instead of providing emergent care, it seems I spend at least half of my emergency room time now playing doctor to chronic illnesses. And our ER is not alone.
StorytellERdoc
JULY 17, 2020
On arrival to our ER, we found this patient to be in pulseless ventricular tachycardia--a malignant, life-threatening electrical rhythm of the heart. As the cardiologist and our ER team continued with resuscitation efforts, I went to the family room to speak to this patient's wife. The family doctor was called.
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