Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes medical professionals find themselves in situations where they are the only ones who can help. Is There a Doctor in the House? is a Medscape series telling these stories.
Brian Hou: We were clinical students on our rotations. It was the day before our very last shelf exam, and we wanted to decompress. A group of us played basketball together often, so we went to play a game at the rec center – Joel and I, Danny Ragheb, Shreyas Krishnapura, and Yash Pershad.
We were about 50 minutes in, and Danny tried to throw a pass. It hit the guy in front of him, and the guy doubled over in pain. People were laughing about it. And then Danny just dropped.
I was standing right next to him. I thought he was joking around at first, kind of mocking the other kid. But after five or six seconds, I realized something was off. He started having seizure-like movements in his hands. I tried to get his attention and he wasn't responding. I don't know what went through my head, but I just got down and did the only thing I knew how to do.
