Nathan Whittaker, MD

Nathan Whittaker is an emergency physician and founder and CEO, Prepared Physician.

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Latest articles

Be a prepared physician: laceration repair kits for your home, vacation home, and cars

Nathan Whittaker, MD

January 31, 2023Jan 31, 2023

This article is sponsored by Prepared Physician laceration repair kits. Sourced from U.S. suppliers, they are hospital-grade, disposable, sterile, and complete. As a physician, I know all too well the feeling of being caught off guard when a loved one…

This article is sponsored by Prepared Physician laceration repair kits. Sourced from U.S. suppliers, they are hospital-grade, disposable, sterile, and complete.

As a physician, I know all too well the feeling of being caught off guard when a loved one comes to us with a laceration. We have the skills to repair it, but often don’t have the supplies …

Physician voices

Doctors: Always be prepared to suture wounds

Nathan Whittaker, MD

December 20, 2019Dec 20, 2019

Ninety minutes before my Sunday night shift, my two-year-old, Titan, comes screaming up the stairs looking like a scene out of a slasher horror movie. His older sister sheepishly admitted to chasing him into the edge of a door frame. We created an ED bed on our kitchen counter and slipped a pillowcase up his arms, behind him, with him laying …