Time, why you punish me?
by dr-exmedicThe only thing more annoying than a stale Hootie and the Blowfish reference: actually, there may not be such a thing. But a timepiece that doesn’t get used is a pretty close second.
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Farming out information
by dr-exmedicGod, how I hate all the buzz about swine flu. But I’m not about to be the only health blogger not blogging about it.
Sunday Silliness: plated vanity edition
by dr-exmedicWhile I don’t expect to ever get one, I do enjoy some vanity plates. (Once, when I was very young, I did want to get plates that said “DR J.” When I quit wanting to be a physician, that idea went away; fortunately, it didn’t come back when I got into medicine.) That’s why I thoroughly enjoyed this [...]
From the “overdoing it can’t hurt” department
by dr-exmedicVisibility is always important to someone working by the side of a road–even when the results make me want to chuckle.
Ignore the Sprite commercials: image is everything
by dr-exmedicEverything else advertises itself in this country–why not EMS?
Belting them in
by dr-exmedicDo we really need to be told how to get patients from point A to point B?
EMS Pet Peeves #2
by dr-exmedicAnd this isn’t limited to EMS people by the way, but that’s where I have the most experience with it: people who report vital signs as “stable” when they’ve only taken one set. The dictionary definition of stable: “8. (of a patient’s condition) exhibiting no significant change.” If you only have one set, you cannot [...]
Toking up
by dr-exmedicAnother myth bites the dust, this time the dictum that physicians get addicted to drugs more often than other people.
Old ways to ruin vegetables
by dr-exmedicFor years, I’ve spent holidays eating a recipe my grandmother refers to as “burnt peas & carrots.” It’s delicious, and a vegetable. The other day, I made it for myself for the first time, and realized two things: 1) mine didn’t turn out quite like grandma’s, and 2) it’s basically a recipe for peas & carrots [...]
Using the pointy pen
by dr-exmedicThere are few dispatch instructions that make as much sense as offering help with the caller’s epi autoinjector.
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