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Mark Johnson
Last summer, Mark Johnson approached a coworker and asked for a ride home. He also asked the friend to drive his truck – and no one drives Mark’s truck but Mark. Obviously, something wasn’t right. Shortly after they left the job site, Mark slumped over in the passenger seat – the result of a massive heart attack.
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Timothy Jordan
fter watching her son struggle for years and finding no relief from various treatments, Timothy’s mother sought out the physicians at University Hospital where an autologus islet cell procedure was pioneered. Initially, Tammy feared the pancreatectomy performed on her son would be fruitless like the many treatments before it. But ten days after his procedure, Timothy was running around with the other neighborhood kids.
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Robert McFarland
Robert benefited from the team approach University Hospital uses to treat stroke. An angiogram indicated his carotid artery was closed off, and quick action by Dr. Mario Zuccarello and Dr. David White kept him alive.
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Courtney Pearce
After college student Courtney Pearce flipped her car and hit a tree, paramedics rushed her where she could receive the treatment she needed. When she arrived at University Hospital, Courtney had two skull fractures, five broken vertebrae, and fluid rapidly filling her brain.
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Fred Shuttlesworth
On Christmas Eve 1956, amid a backdrop of explosions and splintered wood, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth recited Scripture. His house lay in ruins – the result of a bombing. Yet, he quoted the 27th Psalm: “The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?”
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Ronald Stang
Ronald Stang was in the basement when a ruptured aortic aneurysm very nearly ended his life. As his abdomen began to fill with blood, Ronald miraculously located a phone and dialed 9-1-1, even as sharp pains began to signal massive internal bleeding. The ambulance arrived, rushing a fading Ronald to the closest community hospital. Doctors there realized the severity of his condition and phoned vascular surgeon, Dr. Joseph Giglia of University Hospital.
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Rachael Swango
Last February, Rachael was in a serious car accident, severing a major vein, lacerating her liver, and collapsing her lungs. Needless to say, these injuries carry a high mortality rate. But due to the diligence of Dr. Tim Pritts, Dr. Kfir Ben-David, Dr. Steve Barnes, and the rest of the trauma team, Rachael stands as living proof of a Level One trauma center’s worth.
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