When A Tattoo Means Life Or Death. Literally

(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR)

The man was unconscious and alone when he arrived at University of Miami Hospital last summer. He was 70 years old and gravely ill.

“Originally, we were told he was intoxicated,” remembers Dr. Gregory Holt, an emergency room doctor, “but he didn’t wake up.”

“He wasn’t breathing well. He had COPD. These would all make us start to resuscitate someone,” says Holt. “But the tattoo made it complicated.” Continue reading article here…

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