911Doc, MD
"911Doc" is an emergency physician.
Physicians
Emergency physicians, nurses, and paramedics are a superstitious lot. I thought it might be interesting for those not in the business to read about some of our superstitions. In no particular order, here are my favorites. 1. The "Q" word.…
Emergency physicians, nurses, and paramedics are a superstitious lot. I thought it might be interesting for those not in the business to read about some of our superstitions. In no particular order, here are my favorites.
1. The “Q” word. “Quiet.” it’s truly the kiss of death. The “S” word, “slow,” carries the same jinx. Usually some newbie nurse or clerk who is …
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7 favorite ER superstitions
Physicians
by 911Doc, MD American medicine will die or be reborn in the next ten years. Correction, it will either continue an accelerated slide into banal mediocrity, or be reborn. The battle is finally joined, and it has been joined by…
by 911Doc, MD
American medicine will die or be reborn in the next ten years. Correction, it will either continue an accelerated slide into banal mediocrity, or be reborn. The battle is finally joined, and it has been joined by the specialists. Thank you, doctors, for drawing the line in the sand. I hope you win. Honest.
I am cheering against my own college here because they have …
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EMTALA and why this emergency physician is against it
Physicians
by 911Doc, MD I can't help but stand in awe of surgeons. I thought I was going to be one when I went to medical school, but my short attention span and my lack of true interest in the procedures…
by 911Doc, MD
I can’t help but stand in awe of surgeons. I thought I was going to be one when I went to medical school, but my short attention span and my lack of true interest in the procedures spelled doom for that. Still, when I work in the ER and I have a surgical patient, I especially want to dot my i’s and cross …
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“A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq” does not disappoint
Conditions
by 911Doc, MD WNL is doctor shorthand for "within normal limits". Saves a bunch of time when checking the boxes on the physical exam. The temptation is to write "WNL" whenever possible, and, therefore, it often ends up meaning "We…
by 911Doc, MD
WNL is doctor shorthand for “within normal limits”. Saves a bunch of time when checking the boxes on the physical exam. The temptation is to write “WNL” whenever possible, and, therefore, it often ends up meaning “We Never Looked”.
A homeless gentleman presented to my ER a few months ago. He had been hit in the head with a beer bottle. He had a suturable laceration to his scalp …
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Missed diagnosis in the ER, and the need to look
Physicians
by 911Doc, MD When our colleagues want to criticize our approach to medicine in the wild, wild west, they call us "cowboys." So be it. And guess what? You too can take to the road with your skills and wits…
by 911Doc, MD
When our colleagues want to criticize our approach to medicine in the wild, wild west, they call us “cowboys.”
So be it. And guess what? You too can take to the road with your skills and wits only and be paid what you are worth.
Locums companies are now offering me almost twice what I make working for my group to travel, be put up in a nice hotel, and …
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