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What’s The Most You’ve Given?

January 31st, 2010 at 6:55 am » Comments (5)

I think I just broke a record. The other night I had a guy in SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) and had to give him adenosine. He was a big dude (over 250 lbs). Guess how much I gave him?
First Dose: 6mg. Did nothing
Second Dose: 6mg. Did nothing
Third Dose: 12mg. Broke the SVT […]

When Life Gets To be Too Much

January 30th, 2010 at 5:07 am » Comments (23)

Caution! disturbing image below.
Sad how some people just suddenly decide life is not worth living any more. This guy argued with his wife, told her he was going to kill himself, locked himself in his room and 3 minutes later, BANG. Game over.
See the bullet entrance wound circled in white on the second […]

I Knew it

January 29th, 2010 at 3:03 am » Comments (11)

Sir, I know you really wanted to go home - in fact I technically discharged you. You reportedly had a breif seizure at work- the first one in over 5 years but had a negative CT scan and blood work up so I was debating sending you home on seizure meds or just having you follow up […]

How Did we Survive?

January 28th, 2010 at 1:42 am » Comments (5)

The other night I went out with about 15 friends of mine from my college fraternity days. It has been a while and it was a lot of fun. Everyone has done well for themselves, families, careers, etc. However about halfway through the night I realised that it is a miracle that we survived let […]

Class Act, Dude.

January 27th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (11)

ERP: Ma’am, what brings you in today?
Ms Chandelier : I got some pain down there.
Mr Aloof (bf of patient sitting there stuffing french fries down his gaping maw) : Yeah, and she stink.
ERP: Have you two been using condoms?
Ms Chandelier : Mostly
ERP: Discharge?
Mr Aloof : Munch, munch, munch. Yeah, Doc.
ERP: OK, […]

Paging Dr Ripoff

January 26th, 2010 at 7:08 am » Comments (12)

There are doctors out there that just give the rest of us a bad name. It looks especially bad if the doctor is a plastic surgeon - who already have to deal with media stereotypes (like that douche-bag Dr Rey who does push-ups in his muscle scrubs before a case - and […]

Healthcare Roundup Part 2

January 25th, 2010 at 4:04 pm » Comments (1)

Hey - its WhiteCoat from EP Monthly again with some more healthcare-related tidbits from around the web. See the rest of this week’s roundup over at my blog if you’re interested.
Should rural surgeons in Oklahoma receive tax credits to encourage them to take call in the emergency department? Personally, I’m betting that most […]