After the big hoopla about the Swine flu a few weeks ago (where we had ONE positive for flu A that was very un-sick), we NOW are finally seeing the real cases. The last few days have seen more than a dozen flu-like illnesses per day – about half of which are positive [...]
This week was national EMS week. It is a time to honour all the hard work EMT’s, Paramedics, Dispatchers, and Police and Firefighters do in the name of helping people who are injured or sick. Our hospital had a nice party/awards ceremony in its commemoration. The food was good, the atmosphere friendly, and the [...]
On the tails of my post about people not knowing their medical history, procedures done, doctors’ names, etc comes the little sheet of paper that people sometimes give to you. For some reason it is usually the elderly, written in a scratchy hand, outlining EVERYTHING even pseudo-medically that has ever happened to them [...]
Yesterday I “ran” and “One finger” code. What is that? Do I just point at everyone with one finger and start yelling do this and do that to the nurses? No, they would KILL me if I tried that one.
A One finger code is a cardiac arrest where you use [...]
Ah, the joy of calling consultants to the ER. I generally view it with the same enthusiasm I view going to the dentist to have a tooth pulled. Super painful but necessary. Part of the job though as they say.
The majority of consultants I called on a routine shift [...]
You know you need a new ER when…..
The chart rack which is located right over the MD’s charting area, periodically deposits a hard, plastic-bound patient chart onto the MD’s face who is sitting underneath it. Being the poor sap who was unluckily stuck in the cat bird seat, I was rewarded with a nice [...]
Why is that “reassurance” (one of the most important things we do while treating a patient with a non-serious, self-limited condition) either works like a MIRACLE or is completely useless? The other day I had a uppity woman in her 20’s with chronic constipation (defined as a BM every 2-3 days instead of her [...]
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