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Aug 4, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Adventures in #telemedicine. Why it's important to have an Emergency Plan. I was seeing an elderly patient this morning with chronic medical problems for an annual visit. Pleasant visit, nothing exciting, refilled medications, ordered labs. As we are about to wrap up visit.../1
...patient says "I suddenly don't feel so well." What? "I feel like I'm going to pass out." Then BOOM. Face plant. Patient is home alone, I am the only witness. I yell out the door to my assistant to tell my next patient that I will be late. /2