Indeed, excellent presser.
I have the greatest respect for first responders and trauma teams at Level I facilities. They are simply the best! God has guided the hands of these fine physicians, nurses, technicians without a doubt! Prayers for all involved continue
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ditto every word!
Considering Dr Sava’s account of Scalise’s condition when he arrived at MedStar, to report the good news that he was able is nothing short of stunning.
BTW: he also said the care of Scalise by the anesthesiologist was “truly amazing” and contributed greatly to his present condition.
I would have liked to have known more of that, but no one asked a follow-up question on that part of his statement.
Had a friend who was an anesthesiologist. He told me quite a lot about it. Various chemicals and gasses are used, and have to be quite precisely tailored to individual patients. XLNT nurses are crucial to the process. They closely monitor many meters, gauges, and patient responses, and a fraction of mistake can be deadly. "Putting someone under is easy, the challenge is getting them out in the same condition." You can easily kill patients or leave them with compromised mental and/or physical functioning.
So, for someone as shot up as Scalise, I can see how it required an "amazing" anesthesiology team to keep him alive and pull him through.