I won’t come back to the ER for glasses again
He was a 24-year-old African American man with no history of medical or eye problems. On an ordinary Thursday evening at 8 p.m., he arrived into the emergency department complaining of a sudden loss of vision in both eyes.
“He couldn’t see a thing on our chart. Vitals are fine, pupils are equal and reactive, and the rest of the neuro exam is unremarkable,” the emergency room attending briefly explained. “Can …
I won’t come back to the ER for glasses again





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