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Infectious disease epidemiologist interested in bacterial genomics, phylogenetics, and the evolution of antibiotic resistance.
Apr 22, 2019 9 tweets 4 min read
I debated sharing but decided there are important lessons within. Yesterday, I came face-to-face w/ the #overdose epidemic. Shortish story... I was one of the first people on the scene of two 40-ish men slumped over in their work van that was stopped on the hwy. Alone with kids in the car, I was waved down by a panicked commuter. I stopped & was joined by two other men. Both driver & passenger were unresponsive. Driver had shallow breathing but passenger had no pulse or respiration. We pulled him out of the car & I started 2-person CPR.