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 manufactured […]

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. 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 more questions…..

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 distraught […]

I don’t know what planet you are from but if you think I am going to renew your Oxycontin prescription because you missed your doctor’s appointment because you were here in the ER FOR AN OVERDOSE, you are sadly mistaken. I don’t really care that you had a “panic attack” because your grown […]

Young men (teenagers) often make bad decisions. The other day we had an instance where a kid made a very good decision.
His girlfriend was brought in by EMS after he dumped her over the phone. She “freaked out” at home and smashed a mirror over her head and threw herself down some steps […]

White coat just posted as case of a kid taking Coricidin (what I know that from is that the old glass bottles are used as guitar slides - popularised by Duane Allman) and OD’ing. This reminded of a recent case I had. A 23 year old ex-Iraq war veteran with post traumatic stress syndrome […]