An email from one of the moonlighters (de-identified):
"some guy coded on me ...pea arrest
i had to intubate him and run the code...
his last potassium check was 8 days prior at 5.6 and platelets of 44, 8 days prior and he was getting iv lasix with no labs...so i told the nurse all patients on iv lasic need daily labs obviously and obviously with platelets that low...anyway something to be aware of that might happen...
also 15 minutes into i said "where's [the ambulance]?" and the nurses said "oh you want us to call them?"
so i guess you have to be explict about these things...this was my first code um ever so...i guess dont make any assumptions..."
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