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Podcast: The Doctor Medic
Episode: EMTs find baby in toilet, think it’s dead, then transport to ER in bio bag...but he’s ALIVE
Description: In this episode I will tell the story that took place in August of 2022 in Woonsocket, RI, USA. Â Two EMTs find a mother who has just delivered a premature baby into her toilet. Â The baby is left in the toilet, determined to be dead, transported to the ER in a red bio-hazard bag with the mother, only for ER staff to determine that the baby is still alive. Â How could this have happened? Â Would routine simulation, practice, and the use of checklists have possibly prevented this from occurring. Â All of this and more on this episode...
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