Contributing Writer Emeritus
University of Kansas Medical School
I am a 4th year medical student at the University of Kansas Medical School. I am planning on pursuing a residency in Psychiatry and then hopefully a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
She had survived an avalanche and was now lying face down in the debris. Longstanding ischemic brain disease had triggered a seizure. The seizure stunned the heart causing a cardiomyopathy. The cardiomyopathy, unfortunately, exacerbated her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As her oxygen saturation dropped, she was intubated and mechanically ventilated. She was now agitated, restrained and delirious.
Contributing Writer Emeritus
University of Kansas Medical School
I am a 4th year medical student at the University of Kansas Medical School. I am planning on pursuing a residency in Psychiatry and then hopefully a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
