Interesting story

[traumasurg]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7960768.stm

 

[dr1989]

wow. now thats the kind of doc one hopes to be

 

[DrWookie]

I bet next season of Grey's Anatomy is going to have an episode with something like that...but more dramatic.

Derek will be performing brain surgery and then he gets SHOT but keeps going. He needs to finish the job!


Seriously though...that is pretty impressive. That guy is dedicated.

 

[carbonfishbone]

Walk it off, it's only a heart attack

An Italian doctor completed a brain operation despite having a heart attack after realizing his patient would never recover if he stopped the surgery.

Surgeon Claudio Vitale started feeling pains in his chest half way through the operation but refused to stop despite his team's urging and the pain worsening.

After finishing the surgery, the doctor had an angioplasty operation to treat his attack.

Vitale insists he's not a hero, but that he couldn't leave the patient "at such a delicate moment."

Both doctor and patient are recovering.


http://www.abc2news.com/entertainme...ly-a-heart-attack/P0JFQIIQ_0WH5a9uOIh2rA.cspx
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All in a days work?😱

And here I thought I was dedicated studying for my MCAT during spring break.

 

[GoSpursGo]

Merging with thread already discussing this story.

 

[Bryson17]

That sounds almost suicidal the way the article put it. I bet they had him on aspirin, an EKG, and had all the rest of the drugs and carts ready while he finished. If he had gone into arrest, I'm sure he would have had a pretty strong chance at survival given his location. Now that I think about it, I think it'd probably be pretty hard to administer O2 while in an OR with all that protection on. They probably skipped that part of the treatment for the doc.

 

[Anotherface]

That's awesome. This story will most certainly inspire a pretty intense episodes of several medical dramas.

 

[tdittyx2x3]

Am I the only one that doesn't think this was "awesome?"

This doc could have killed his patient had he trembled/fainted/had a subsequent attack/whatever with a scalpel to this guy's brain. There's gotta be more than one nuerosurgeon in Naples, yes? And they all probably know him personally, right?

This was a real ballsy move. Yes heroic, but we wouldn't be calling it that if he slipped up.

 

[NotAndrew]

Am I the only one that doesn't think this was "awesome?"

This doc could have killed his patient had he trembled/fainted/had a subsequent attack/whatever with a scalpel to this guy's brain. There's gotta be more than one nuerosurgeon in Naples, yes? And they all probably know him personally, right?

This was a real ballsy move. Yes heroic, but we wouldn't be calling it that if he slipped up.

You're right, all the other non-present neurosurgeons should have stepped in.

 

[mmmcdowe]

Am I the only one that doesn't think this was "awesome?"

This doc could have killed his patient had he trembled/fainted/had a subsequent attack/whatever with a scalpel to this guy's brain. There's gotta be more than one nuerosurgeon in Naples, yes? And they all probably know him personally, right?

This was a real ballsy move. Yes heroic, but we wouldn't be calling it that if he slipped up.

Yeah, I'm sure the patient would have been fine under prolonged anesthesia while the surgeon was found, took the time to get there, scrubbed in, and ADEQUATELY BRIEFED HIMSELF ON THE CASE (assuming that he even knew the procedure). What's another, say, four+ hours?