I love it when I can disposition someone fast. I love it when I can make the diagnosis before I see them (I just read the triage) and actually type up the entire H and P based on it and discharge papers before I even walk in the room. I would say I am right about [...]
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I recently noticed this “board” on one of the numerous hallways leading from our emergency dept. This hallway is not used by the general public and is pretty narrow. Turns out it’s been up there for months. I guess no one in our dept is very distinctive. I am concerned however about how the staff morale will [...] During this vacation I had to play the role of ER doctor (not surprisingly I guess) when my Mom blew out her L4-L5 disc and got severe sciatica. She was trying to get out of bed when “WHAM” suddenly pain shooting down the left leg. My Dad’s Aleve and Tylenol were obviously suboptimal and she could [...]
The fam and I (which includes my kids, wife, in-laws and parents) are heading out of town for a two week vacation at a country house we found to rent on VRBO.com. It has a pool and is a huge-assed yard. Also a big garage and driveway for me to attempt to [...] My hospital recently sent out an edict which I wholly support. It bans smoking ANYWHERE on the hospital grounds, parking lots, sidewalks, lunch area, garden, etc. The “designated smoking area” in the employee lot will be closed (I used to call it the “designated carcinogen absorbing area”) and people will be strictly not allowed to smoke [...]
Recently I had an unpleasant interaction with a fellow doctor. However, I would like to distance my self as much as possible from him despite our shared career. Thus, I find it hard to even refer to him with the “Dr” prefix. Anyway, following my recent fuming about a [...] So, the other day, we had a lovely, pleasant individual grace our doors. He had a long history of substance abuse, child endangerment, and psychiatric disease (likely a sociopath) . We were lucky when his girlfriend called EMS to report he was acting inappropriately (probably his baseline in my opinion) and threatening. Police [...] |
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