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Category: Patient Stories
by Michael Wong
As recounted in the article, “A Family’s Search for Truth”:
On January 15, 2001, Justin Micalizzi, a healthy 11-year-old boy, was taken into surgery to incise and drain a swollen ankle. He was dead by 7:55 a.m. the next day, leaving behind two grieving and bewildered parents who desperately wanted to know why their son had died …
Continue reading “Would monitoring have saved Justin Micalizzi?”
Howard Snitzer survived 96-minutes without a heart beat thanks to dedicated volunteer paramedics and a device called capnography.
by Michael Wong
According to the Wall Street Journal:
A little known device is shaking conventional wisdom for reviving people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest: People may be able to go much longer without a pulse than the 20 minutes previously believed.
To see the Mayo Clinic video on Howard Snitzer, please click on the photo below: Continue reading “Is it possible to survive 96-minutes without a heart beat?”