Wiry, weathered rancher for a simple bladder biopsy. Near emergence: it’s unmistakable, start chest compressions, call a code. So many colleagues, crash cart, what happened, line him up. We circle and circle the algorithms.
Clot bouncing in the PA. Large hemothorax.
Chest tube, thrombolytics. He bleeds. We circle. We stop.
It was an easy case.
Interrupted rhythm, Literature by Elizabeth M. Thackeray, MD
Elizabeth M. Thackeray, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
Elizabeth is part of the UUSOM Class of 2003. She’s a joyful mother, committed knitter, voracious reader.
Voices from the Faculty:
2020, "White Girl Can't Jump"
2020, "Interrupted rhythm"
2020, "Heart Tones"
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