A new rule to classify work shifts

by dr-exmedic

Any shift which involves CPR performed with 2 thumbs can safely be classified as a bad shift.

The big time

by dr-exmedic

A musing on the meaning of EMS becoming a subspecialty of EM.

Big Deal

by dr-exmedic

This just in: EMS is now an officially-approved subspecialty of Emergency Medicine. More on this when I’m not taking care of sick kids here….

Getting (really, really) specific

by dr-exmedic

It turns out there’s an emergency number for just about everything.

Stick with Palm forever? I guess iWon’t

by dr-exmedic

A discussion on the state of Android medical software.

Half of my job is customer service

by dr-exmedic

You don’t have to work at Disney to figure out what constitutes a good chunk of any service industry worker’s day.

Placement

by dr-exmedic

You’d think people who had gone through 8 years of schooling would be able to put something back in the exact spot they got it from…at least, when the slots are labeled and it’s not as if anyone walks away from the slots carrying the pads of forms (you just pull out a pad, rip [...]

Traumatic disappointment

by dr-exmedic

ATLS = PHTLS + X-rays.

Priming the doc

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It turns out that ED staff really do listen to medics bringing in patients.

A breath of fresh air

by dr-exmedic

You can find CO anywhere there’s an open flame–even if you aren’t anywhere near civilization.