In the early morning hours after surgeons stitched up motorcycle crash victim Christopher Barradas’ aorta and lungs, his family did not know if he would wake from his medically induced coma.
Thanks in part to the anesthesiology team at Northwell Health's South Shore University Hospital, Christopher Barradas, 22, indeed made it, staying alive after having a 95% chance of dying. He and his family met those anesthesiologists, who spent hours by his side after the crash, at Northwell Health’s fourth annual anesthesiology lifesaver award ceremony.
Read the full story at the link in bio. (Photos: Jeff Bachner)
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