As has been the case for the past year or two, the individual cases I see are not all that exciting for me anymore. Rather, its the interaction with my patients and their families that makes or breaks my day.
At the moment, I can’t recall a single diagnosis from any of the patients I saw […]
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Setting: 2:13 AM, Saturday, Halloween Weekend. Nursing Station of a busy inner-city emergency room. The department is spookily quiet. Jodi & Sonya, both nurses in their mid 50s, sit side by side filling out paperwork.
JODI: Do you realize, Sonya, that we have been working together for over seventeen years. […]
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This weekend Doc Shazam is going mountain biking with 3 friends for a 3 day weekend. The week has been filled with cleaning, shopping and gathering supplies to make sure we have a fantastic weekend of riding.
More fun filled tales of gore from the ER next week.
Maybe even some gore filled photos from the weekend. […]
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OK, I’ve been trying to be really positive today, but I wanted to share 3 cases that didn’t need to come to the ER today.
1) 12 year old with a sore throat. The school nurse said, “Go to the Emergency Room”
2) An 80ish year old lady who was IN her doctor’s office, had a Normal […]
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Mr. Hassle’s Long Underpants recently underwent a complete make-over. (And I only got a handful of comments on it…love it or hate it, let me know!)
Part of the makeover was the addition of two different sources of ad revenue that hopefully do little to interfere with your enjoyment of the site.
Why did I decide […]
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Warning: These are my own thoughts and reactions after coming across this video. As far as I know, the police officers have not been tried or disciplined, the autopsy results have not been released, and the judge has closed the case. Everything below is based my own thoughts after seeing the video […]
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While I’ve been seeking my own thrills in the form of mountain bike and cylcocross races, I came across this article today in the Wall Street Journal’s Health Blog called ER Docs Feel the Need for Speed.
Do you feel the need for speed?
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The other day I got a mini care package from a friend. Tea and cookies (sort of). It was a nice box and I opened it and left it on my desk. My nice, clean, clutter free desk. I left the box there for the evening, then the next day, then […]
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This is a new-to-me carival that I was invited and honored to participate in. A wonderful roundup of surgeonesque blog posts at Suture for a Living.
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