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Doctor saves professor's life, spotting blood clot symptoms during lecture (2017

• HL33tibCe7 5y ago
  > She became increasingly alarmed when she saw, from her seat three rows back, that the veins in Brown's neck were bulging. The bulging neck veins here would have been concerning for jugular venous distension, which occurs when the right side of the heart can’t empty properly (so blood backs up in the venous circulation), in this case because of an increased pressure in the pulmonary circulation caused by the pulmonary embolism.
• bell-cot 5y ago
  Amusing detail: It was an ethics lecture, and the MD approached the lecturer thus: > "Professor, I have an ethical dilemma. Can I run it by you?" > And she said, "Sure." She was kind of excited about it. > And that's when I said, "I think you might have a blood clot in your lungs and I think you really need to seek medical help right away."
  • DiggyJohnson 5y ago
    It’s like a non-fiction Platonic dialogue with life or death stakes.