I am never one to cry that the sky is falling. When I saw that the market fell below 10,000, I was secretly happy…the market is on sale. It’s a good time to buy, I thought to myself. When it fell even further I finally scratched my head and looked at a stock chart…I’d been [...]
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that health care analysts are calling John McCain’s plan is “fundamentally correct”…but it seems that their focus is on only one part of his plan…providing tax credits to individuals for buying their own health insurance. Clearly health insurance needs to be affordable for individuals, and the link between employer [...]
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First of all, you can’t fake wheezing. Wheezing occurs deep in the small airways and alveoli. it is a characteristic noise that cna be heard, even through screaming babies and mumbling old men. It’s a sound that can’t be mistaken for gurgling, moaning, croup, stridor, coughing or purposely constricting your throat. A wheeze is a [...]
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Maddog Medic is a blogger from way back in the day when there were just a handful of us ER types blogging. He’s still active and still tells the truth. Here is a recent excerpt from a post about the awkwardness of knowing what it is that keeps people alive… An earnest young student asks [...]
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Since instituting mandatory health insurance for all residents of Massachusette’s, a recent study finds that one of the plan’s goals of connecting more patients with PCPs has failed miserably. Accordign to the Boston Globe, Thousands of newly insured Massachusetts residents are relying on emergency rooms for routine medical care, an expensive habit that drives up [...]
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I was just finishing my shift when I saw this chief complaint pop up on the triage list… “Privates sweaty and bothersome” I finished up my last dication and ran out the door!
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