Tornado Approaching, Surgery Completed in the Dark

A glimpse at how one surgical team persevered when the Tornado hit Joplin, MO on Sunday, and how the magnitude of a disaster like this begins to sink in.

James D. “Dusty” Smith, MD, and his surgical team were midway through a routine case, the draining of a patient’s infected hip, when the tornado hit St. John’s Regional Medical Center.

Please read: OPERATING THROUGH THE TORNADO

by David Bernard, OutpatientSurgery.net

Ambulatory Surgery Center · ASC · Disaster · hurricane preparedness · Surgery

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