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I have a recommendation for people out there who cohabitate with someone who who is dependent on heavy duty narcotics (for whatever reason, legit or not). Don’t let them take a boatload of them and then eat “red velvet cake”. Who knows? You might find them sprawled on the kitchen floor, unresponsive with pinpoint pupils and [...]
Attention parents: Unless you want your toddlers to have a little Fabuloso party , keep your household chemicals locked up instead of stacked on a closet shelf. I imagine it might be a little cute to see them drinking the purple liquid out of the bottle but,who knows, maybe little Johnny will drink Drano next! Luckily, [...]
I hate to say it but when I saw this patient that rolled in, all I could think was “you didn’t take enough”. He had stage 4 cancer and had checked himself into a hotel far from home with all his meds. He then OD’d on Remeron, Ambien, Insulin, and Oxycontin. For some reason, [...]
Although Halloween is over, I think it is important for parents (and all people in general) to be aware that there has been a recent flare up of serious medical complications in children who had face paint put on for the holiday. The biggest problem seems to be heavy metals in paints [...]
Some define a good shift as one where you sit around on your ass. And while there are times that is nice, I honestly like shifts where I am not overwhelmed but where the majority of patients I see actually have an urgency or emergency! The other day I had (in a row no less!): a. [...]
There are many suspicious allergies patients complain about – most notably non-narcotic pain relievers. However you know there is more to the apparently normal-appearing young woman when her allergy list includes “charcoal” and “mucomyst”. Hmmmmmmmm – lets ask you a few [...]
One teenager the other night thought a good way to “ask for forgiveness” from her mother following an argument was to run into the bathroom, grab a bottle of generic Excedrin ( a mixture of aspirin, Tylenol, and caffeine used mostly for migraines) out of the medicine cabinet, and then in front of her [...] |
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