Patient thanks TCMH emergency medicine physician for lifesaving clinical judgment

Patient thanks TCMH emergency medicine physician for lifesaving clinical judgment

Les Eyman reflects on the medical response that changed his life.

Patient Thanks TCMH Emergency Medicine Physician for Life-Saving Clinical Judgment

Houston, MO— “The next time you come in here, you may not make it.”   Those were the words Les “Pops” Eyman of Success, Missouri, heard from Paul Schaefer, DO, Emergency Medicine Physician at TCMH. Although Eyman’s initial blood work did not indicate he was having a heart attack, Dr. Schaefer knew something wasn’t right.   That conversation would ultimately lead to a series of events that Eyman believes saved his life.   “I knew I wasn’t getting…