It Wasn't Me
Between about 6PM and 9PM on most Sunday evenings, our emergency department seems to become…
Regulating Radiation
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine touches off another salvo about…
Blunt-ness
A man in his mid-30’s gets brought by ambulance with palpitations. His mom arrived right…
Why Freddie's Girlfriend Was Removed From the ED
Freddie came in as a drug overdose. The medics couldn’t get a line on him.…
*More* Serious Offenses
Following up on my previous post about Joint Commission micromanagement, we got word of another…
Poison Ivy – Son Of An Itch! (REPOST)
I got a request for information about poison ivy and decided to repost an article…
Healthcare Update — 06-18-2010
No wait emergency departments. Great business model or way to encourage more abuse of already…
WhiteCoat Challenge #6 Winners
It was a close vote, but here are the winners for WhiteCoat Challenge #6: #14.…
Serious Offenses
Remember the movie Rainman where Dustin Hoffman whipped out his red book and wrote on…
What's the Diagnosis #10
A 26 year old female comes in complaining of chronic neck pain for the past…