“I never want to see another infant lose their mother before they even get to meet her.”

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"I had a corneal ulcer. I went from 'there's something in my eye' to 'take me to the doctor NOW' levels of pain in a matter of hours. I very narrowly avoided any permanent vision loss — an outcome which may very well have been different if I hadn’t had the good fortune to get to a major hospital with an ophthalmologist on call."

"I had a woman who gave birth and mentioned this unshakable bad feeling. Her post-C-section pain quickly became so severe that her heart rate and blood pressure kept dropping. By the end of my shift, she was back in the OR, having liters of blood clots evacuated from her belly and multiple transfusions."

*A shunt is a medical device that is surgically placed and is designed to drain and redirect excess brain and spinal fluid.

"Women’s heart attack symptoms are similar to menstrual cramps, which explains why they don’t always register as something serious. We live our lives with a certain level of discomfort!"

"Sudden confusion in a normally stable elderly person? Check that urine! UTIs do some wild things to elderly patients."

—@kaddiasdfghjkl and @red_lights_stop_signs

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