Comments | emilope: Necrotic tissue!!

emilope

Necrotic tissue!!

Jun 21, 2007 19:15

I got to watch (and assist with) an impromptu debridement today. Our patient had a DVT (deep-venous thrombosis, aka a blood clot) in her left leg that she had gotten surgery for. Her incision had dehisced (split open) and had been bandaged a few days prior to her appointment with us. The doc came in to talk to her about her procedure and ( Read more... )

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abyssus June 27 2007, 23:11:38 UTC

whoa...

emilope June 28 2007, 01:45:05 UTC

I know!! So exciting. What was weird was that the doc sat her up and showed it to her, too. Understandably, she freaked out a bit. How are you?

abyssus June 28 2007, 01:53:49 UTC

man, your time out there is an adventure. hat is awesome.

I'm alright. are you ever in town? if so, we need to Mimi's it up on just such an occasion.

emilope June 30 2007, 01:30:47 UTC

I'm enjoying all the experiences at my job, at least. :)

I am in town very occasionally. I came home in May, but only for a few days. I may have a couple of days at the end of August, but I don't really think I can afford to fly out. If I do crew again, we'll probably have a winter training trip to TX or something, but if I don't then I'll likely come home for the holidays. When I do come home, though, I will definitely call you and we can do the brunch thing, hopefully with a side of zombies. :)