The Tax Man Cometh
April always starts out great: the weather warms up, baseball season begins, and my kids…
Fentanyl Abuse On the Rise
A 32-yr-old man was found in asystole after chewing and ingesting a fentanyl patch. Despite…
Lessons Learned on Pain
Seven pain plan pearls from an emergency department whose system-wide protocol never got off the…
Real Pain Protocols
A case study from the Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del.
Hypothermia & the ACLS algorithm
There are a multitude of definitions and cut-off values for the varying degrees of hypothermia.…
5 ways to expand your pediatric pain management repertoire
Everyday, in EDs across the planet, children are poked and prodded. We draw blood, we…
Antibiotics for Strep Do More Harm Than Good
Military and civilian medicine have always been intertwined, but nothing compares to the strange tale…
Killing Time
I want my time here to mean something. But it seems like I spend a…
What’s Your Pain Care Philosophy?
Would you rather give narcs to a potential addict or withhold meds from a suffering…
Dealing With Dr. Early Dispo
Director’s Corner I have gotten several complaints from our hospitalist staff about one of my…