Better Search Skills - Better Healthcare for India

We recently got this story from an anesthesiologist Dr Jitendra, who had not only attended our workshop but had also organized one of ours at a preconference event last year. He is a major supporter of our workshops! He shared a case, where he truly felt the impact of our teaching.

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Hello from Dr Jitendra. I must share this story with you.

While I was on an emergency duty, a patient’s arm turned blue after surgery. All his test readings appeared normal. A Doppler showed a venous clot, but the picture was confusing. I knew what anesthetic drugs he was administered for his surgery.

Using the PubMed search skills I learned from QMed, I quickly found references to a rare complication - Purple Glove Syndrome - linked to IV phenytoin and worsened by a BP cuff compression. With this knowledge, we treated the patient immediately and saved his limb.

We later presented this case at a conference, where my resident won the first prize. Happy as we were, the real prize was the ability to make a life saving decision, with the skills to find the right evidence, at the right moment.

I am grateful to QMed for training me in focused searching—it made all the difference.