Medicine can do anything for patients' lives

in medicine •  7 years ago 

A 46 year old woman fell from a pear tree on a steel stick that was emerging from the ground. She was transported to the hospital in a helicopter laying on her stomach.

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The foreign object missed all big blood vessels, but completely penetrated the intestines. She was first hospitalized in an ICU, as she developed sepsis and peritonitis.

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She was later transfered to a abdominal department, and is now on the traumatology department for the broken leg.
She has a temporary stoma and recieves IV. Antibiotics via CVC.

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Fortunately, there is no sign of a spinal cord damage ..

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