Screwing up (part 1)

by dr-exmedic

There isn’t a whole lot of data on prehospital medical errors–and it isn’t for lack of them.

Sunday Silliness: front page oops! edition

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While I’m sure that not everything on my site is spelled perfectly, I certainly don’t have anything major spelled wrong, do I?

Blame this

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You can’t blame the medics if it isn’t their fault.

Sunday Silliness: self-defense with a stick edition

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In America, self-defense means having a loaded handgun or shotgun readily available.  In the UK, where handguns are much more strictly regulated (yet people don’t apparently feel more secure), you have to get a bit more creative.

Move along

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Medical education and union jobs share have at least one thing in common: the survival technique.

System abuse

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It’s easy to think your service is overwhelmed by system abusers, but is it?

Writing it right

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Imagine having a 75% error rate. At least in this case, it’s not something that will harm the patient directly.

Sunday Silliness: Charles Babbage edition

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One of the earliest computers in the modern sense was never actually built–Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine.  There were many reasons it never got built, but apparently an utter lack of Legos was one.

Going out with a bang

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Musing on Independence Day….

Smoking bans and global warming

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Only a hospital could connect global warming to cigarette smoking.