Everyday hero In Denver, a DO saves a man’s life during lunch Off-duty ER physician saves a man who collapses from heart failure at a restaurant. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fosteopathicphysicians%2Fvideos%2F10154687059351841%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Nov. 13, 2017Monday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics AEDAmerican College of Osteopathic Emergency Physiciansemergency medicine It’s all in a day’s work for DOs. Helping. Healing. Caring. And sometimes, saving a life during lunch. While having lunch with colleagues at a local Denver restaurant on November 6, David Levy, DO, an emergency medicine physician, noticed a man collapse nearby. He had just suffered heart failure. According to a report by The Denver Post, Dr. Levy and his colleagues, several of his former residents and two ER physicians, raced to assist. A person in the restaurant ran to a nearby business to locate an automated external defibrillator (AED). “We did chest compression and shocked him with the AED,” Dr Levy said in a video report broadcast by Denver 7 ABC and shared above. “We had to pulse him three times before it stayed enough to transport him out.” Dr. Levy was in Denver for the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians conference, where he was accepting several awards for years of service as an ER doctor. On the evening of the incident, the man was being treated in an intensive care unit, according to the Denver Post’s report. Dr. Levy finished his lunch with his colleagues once the man was safely transported. More in Newsbriefs DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health. Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories. Previous articleMed schools with the highest first-choice residency placements: 3 DO schools in top 10 Next articleIn Memoriam: Ohio DO slain in hospital parking lot
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Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories.
This is a terribly worded article and does not sound like a medical person wrote it. I feel that it does not make the AOA look good. Please think about having a physician proofread these articles before publishing them. Nov. 15, 2017, at 6:47 pm Reply