The Closing Window: The Patient's Story | Case 7 Episode 1

Send us Fan Mail A taxi driver finishes his overnight shift and feels something change. He arrives at a major urban emergency department within minutes of the symptoms beginning. Stroke alert is called. CT is clear. The team offers the clot-dissolving medication — and then offers it again, and again, as the window narrows. The patient never says no. He never says yes. The clinical story of an undecided patient, a closing window, and a chart written by four providers who each saw the same conversation differently.Support the show