tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post2386927105058339133..comments2024-03-12T14:43:01.539-06:00Comments on Asystole is the Most Stable Rhythm: Country Doc Saves Boy With Home DrillAlbinoblackbearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-16901098856391917612009-05-22T06:31:35.865-06:002009-05-22T06:31:35.865-06:00Hehe, Saffa doctors do that all the time. The ones...Hehe, Saffa doctors do that all the time. The ones here have excellent reps for being able to do ANYTHING at 3am when it is pouring with rain and the ambos/fire brigade have just cut someone out of a car. <br />Yeah, that story is both unconventional and LEGENDARY. (We wouldn't be calling legendary as much if it hadn't worked....that is what risk taking involves I guess).Dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759938692575603663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-12517362646073476512009-05-21T16:25:32.317-06:002009-05-21T16:25:32.317-06:00Sounds like the child was circling the drain very ...Sounds like the child was circling the drain very quickly by that point...un-reactive pupils and unconscious. Bottom line, the kid would have probably died in short order if the physician hadn't intervened like he did. <br /><br />I was chatting with the S.African doc I was working with yesterday...asking him if he'd heard the story--he hadn't so I elaborated. His response, "yah, and so? We do that type of stuff in S.Africa all the time! What's the big deal? We live in the age of ABX?!" <br /><br />I had a good chuckle.Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138625163039637769.post-15342225788769191672009-05-20T17:39:27.689-06:002009-05-20T17:39:27.689-06:00That is pretty f'ed if you ask me.
Good on him for...That is pretty f'ed if you ask me.<br />Good on him for getting away with it, but that is some seriously unconventional medicine. I mean couldn't the child have been stabilized with pharma (Mannitol, steroids) until a sterile drill could be found? Wow.<br />Scary stuff. I don't know what i think of this.<br />Again, there needs to be a much bigger emphasis on helmets for cycling. Wow.Keethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045997674311429691noreply@blogger.com