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Training matters: small town ER doc makes limb-saving diagnosis missed by urgent care NP
Manage episode 345139805 series 2828078
Physicians train for at least 15,000 hours before we are permitted to practice independently, and one of the reasons is that it takes a long time and a lot of patient volume to be exposed to the many different presentations of disease processes to learn how to recognize true emergencies that need immediate interventions.
Today’s guest brings us a perfect example of the importance of this training. Karen Wilson Saintsing DVM is a veterinarian who nearly lost her arm after a nurse practitioner in an urgent care failed to recognize the onset of compartment syndrome. Fortunately, an astute emergency physician immediately recognized the condition and transferred her to a surgical center for treatment. To help us understand compartment syndrome, we are also joined by trauma surgeon Stephanie Markle DO MPH.
PhysiciansForPatientProtection.org
119 episodes
Manage episode 345139805 series 2828078
Physicians train for at least 15,000 hours before we are permitted to practice independently, and one of the reasons is that it takes a long time and a lot of patient volume to be exposed to the many different presentations of disease processes to learn how to recognize true emergencies that need immediate interventions.
Today’s guest brings us a perfect example of the importance of this training. Karen Wilson Saintsing DVM is a veterinarian who nearly lost her arm after a nurse practitioner in an urgent care failed to recognize the onset of compartment syndrome. Fortunately, an astute emergency physician immediately recognized the condition and transferred her to a surgical center for treatment. To help us understand compartment syndrome, we are also joined by trauma surgeon Stephanie Markle DO MPH.
PhysiciansForPatientProtection.org
119 episodes
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