MedPage Today October 9, 2024
— Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential
“He’s not breathing normally,” the woman said to the camera that was streaming live beside a patient who appeared to be in his mid-20s.
“Can you get an oxygen saturation reading on him?” asked the emergency department attending physician who I was sitting with, hundreds of miles away in Kotzebue, Alaska.
The scene unfolded in real time on a computer screen in front of us at the Maniilaq Health Center in Kotzebue, one of the eight Native Alaskan-owned and operated hospitals in the state. On the screen, the patient appeared pale and inconsistently responsive. As a third-year medical resident working at Maniilaq, I was learning more about what health issues face...
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