Symtym lives one of every EM Docs’ nightmares: patient in your own ED
Posted by GruntDoc on 22nd September 2009
Patient
It’s a Friday, early afternoon, so the bike trail will be lightly used. Traveling through old Fair Oaks to take the wooden pedestrian bridge across the American River. Crossing the bridge there is a 180° turn on the south down–slope of the bridge that takes you back to the bike trail along the river—another 90° at the end of the bridge approach and you are heading west. Gravel! Gravel?
From following his Twitter feeds he’s recovering, though rib fractures will make you aware that we do breathe. A lot.
Good reading, and he dodged a big bullet here.
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