It’s not always lazy to not work
by dr-exmedicAre you still working cardiac arrests on scene? If you’re thinking of not doing so, someone has finally compared all the rules for stopping resuscitation in one study.
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Strongly worded medicine
by dr-exmedicAs an example of the (probably misattributed) Mark Twain quote about “Lies, damn lies, and statistics,” I found an example of an EMS study whose abstract is remarkably easy to misuse to support a point.
Continuing education
by dr-exmedicOne of these days, I’m going to hold a class, and invite both RNs and medics. All I’m going to teach them is how to spell Crohn’s disease correctly: Crohn’s. Not Chron’s, Chrones, or any of the other creative variations. Crohn’s.
Just a bit of necking
by dr-exmedicThere are proven remedies, and unproven remedies–and remedies that are slowly being shown to not matter. This latest study provides a little more wood for the coffin that may one day contain spinal immobilization precautions.
Fingerprints, teeth, DNA–who needs ‘em?
by dr-exmedicPolice said Fiore’s fingers and teeth had been removed to make it harder to identify her body, but investigators were able to determine who she was by using the serial number on her breast implants. From this story about that whole model murder thing that’s been going on. It always amazes me: what your eyes [...]
Location, location, location
by dr-exmedicA post in which I express frustration over something I saw at work the other day.
You just can’t fake some things
by dr-exmedicNot everything the military does prehospitally makes sense in the civilian world, but they do have a few interesting ideas.
Sunday Silliness: zoom zoom edition
by dr-exmedicMy wife and I have discovered that I should never, ever drive anywhere immediately after watching an episode of Top Gear. It just isn’t safe.
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