Save of the Month! November 2012

Welcome to Save of the Month! where each month we recognize a resident who went above and beyond to make a great save in the ED. Nominations are solicited from the faculty each block and we pick one resident for recognition and embarrassment on this blog.

 

This edition’s Save of the Month goes to. . . Dr. Joyce Wang!

Here’s the story . . .

I had a case that I wanted to submit for save of the month.  I had this patient with Joyce Wang. He was a young guy who was VERY histrionic.  He kept vomiting and running around his bed.  He would not sit still and kept acting out.  A few of us had seen him earlier this week and thought he was drug seeking.  However, Joyce did not like the way he looked and wanted to scan his belly even though the patient had asked for narcotics including methadone by name.  The CT was done and showed that the guy had intussusception. None of us had suspected this at all.  He very easily could have been blown off as a drug seeker but he got the appropriate treatment for his disease thanks to Joyce.   Please consider her for save of the month.

 

Congrats Dr. Wang!

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Jay Khadpe MD

Editor in Chief of "The Original Kings of County" Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Assistant Residency Director SUNY Downstate / Kings County Hospital

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3 comments for “Save of the Month! November 2012

  1. sadia.hussain
    December 8, 2012 at 11:48 am

    GOOD JOB, JOYCE!!!

  2. Nikita
    December 8, 2012 at 9:13 pm

    Good job sticking to your gut!

  3. Mark Silverberg
    December 11, 2012 at 12:44 am

    Way to go Joyce. I thought he was full of it. Figuratively and literally.

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