Archive for June, 2008
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Reasons I’m Leaving Emergency Medicine (number 9)
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Dr. Deborah Peel was not the name of the female attending I’m fixin’ to tell you about, but I like the name so I’ll use it. This story goes back, again, to my residency training.
I believe my Deb has a lot in common with the real Dr. Peel… an overblown sense of her own importance, […]
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Another Air Ambulance Crash
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Flying patients by helicopter is a subject of much controversy in the EM literature. There sometimes is no other way to get a sick patient to definitive care, but the statistics are shaky on whether the helicopter is, in the end, worth it. We posted on this just a month ago, and, tragically there has […]
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Can I get an AMEN!!!
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At least Justice Thomas and the Supremes believe the 2nd Amendment is a CERTIFIED RIGHT!!!(I love Justice Thomas!)However, friends, it was 5-4 decision. When Hussien Obama is president there will be 3(I think) Justices over 75 years old on the Court. OMG!! I’ve come to believe over my years that the […]
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She Keeps Calling them "Illegals", How Gauche!
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The above video has not been vetted by MDOD, but this happens every single day in nearly every hospital in America. I have posted on this at least twice… see here, and here.
Our system is being crushed by giving away free care to EVERYONE. Solution? Don’t change a thing EXCEPT this, everyone pays for their […]
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Mystery CT Scan
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This a CT scan of a really cool problem we’ve probably all heard of but never seen. For the sake of argument let’s call our patient “Carl Peel”- Dr. Peel’s illegitimate son by Bill Clinton. He came in just a few days ago. I’ll give everybody some time to guess the diagnosis before giving the […]
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Reasons I’m Leaving Emergency Medicine (number 10)
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As I approach my exit from the circus of the Emergency Department I thought I would do a ‘top ten’ list of reasons I am leaving.
Number 10:
Dr. “Spanz” was an attending at my residency program. He was widely feared by all in the hospital for his temper and his commanding presence.
Prior to residency I had […]
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WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?
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Libby Zion case in the rear view mirror..
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Most of you must know of the Libby Zion case some 15 or so yrs ago. If not, briefly, young lady dies of infection after being in a NY teaching hospital ED waiting for care.
This episode changed medical education in a huge way, as residents(drs in training) are now forbidden to […]
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Suggestions from the cheap seats??
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OK, you MDOD readers, I’m soliciting suggestions for the place, timing, theme of the first meeting of the minds. We, the contributors to this mindless drivel of a blog, should meet, for the first time, and just see who is KRAZY..Give me/us your suggestions! Maybe we’ll do it!
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Canoe
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Have you ever been in a canoe? Just wondering, because this body I just cut open and then removed all of the internal organs from tongue to anus, looks exactly like a canoe. The body, with its empty ribcage and abdominal cavity flayed open, would probably float if I tossed it in the local pond. […]
