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Life in Emergistan

Edwin / January 21, 20150 COMMENTS

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It’s a Tall Order, but Love Your Patients. (My January EMN column.)

Edwin / January 3, 20152 COMMENTS

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The infant is packed away

Edwin / January 2, 20150 COMMENTS

http://whimsygal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Packing-Christmas-Ornaments-Away-5.jpg January 2nd, the infant is packed away On one corner counter, the ...

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Death takes another Holiday. My December EM News column.

Edwin / January 2, 20150 COMMENTS

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Dear hospital information technology staff…

Edwin / December 28, 20140 COMMENTS

Dear IT, I know that, on many levels, physicians must be the absolute banes of your existence. We are grumpy and resistant to change. And some of us are still ...

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The Nativity Scene is the Perfect Balance

Edwin / December 21, 20140 COMMENTS

Here’s my Christmas column for the Greenville News. Merry Christmas to all! ...

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The ER: Holiday Sanctuary for the Broken

Edwin / November 25, 20144 COMMENTS

This is my latest entry at my Huffington Post blog. The ER is a kind of sanctuary. ...

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How could an ER miss Ebola? Let me explain…

Edwin / October 13, 2014101 COMMENTS

How did the emergency department staff of a Texas hospital see, and discharge, a patient infected with Ebola? Despite the fact that blame spreads through hospitals ...

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Think about the ink…

Edwin / August 10, 20147 COMMENTS

This is my column in today’s Greenville News. I have many friends with tattoos, and while I have none, this is my reflection on the increasing prevalence of ...

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Current Posts & Columns

Some things we need to do differently in hospitals.

Edwin / January 22, 2015 3 COMMENTS

Walking around the ER in Tiny Community Hospital, I had a few realizations. In medicine, we hold onto some things very tightly. We love tradition, we love the ...

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Life in Emergistan

Edwin / January 21, 2015 0 COMMENTS

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Emergistan and Medicine

Some things we need to do differently in hospitals.

Edwin / January 22, 2015 3 COMMENTS

Walking around the ER in Tiny Community Hospital, I had a few realizations. In medicine, we hold onto some things very tightly. We love tradition, we love the known. We don’t ...

Life in Emergistan

Edwin / January 21, 2015 0 COMMENTS

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Faith, hope and love

Jesus defies our manipulation

Edwin / January 18, 2015 1 COMMENTS

When we try to redefine Jesus for our own political or cultural needs, he defies us every time. This is my column on the topic in today’s Greenville News. ...

The infant is packed away

Edwin / January 2, 2015 0 COMMENTS

http://whimsygal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Packing-Christmas-Ornaments-Away-5.jpg January 2nd, the infant is packed away On one corner counter, the year-round creche, ...

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Wife, kids, pets and home

When the children return home, it’s a blessing

Edwin / December 6, 2014 1 COMMENTS

My column in this weeks’ Greenville News. Enjoy the kids when they’re home! And Merry Christmas! ...

Thanksgiving: mission accomplished. Check!

Edwin / November 29, 2014 0 COMMENTS

Thanksgiving week checklist: Time spent with wife and four amazing children. Check. Fed 28 family members and friends. Check. Gave injured dog his medicine; sometimes, when he agreed ...

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Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest

The Flunami Hits Like a Wave, Then it’s Gone (My column in today’s Greenville News.)

Edwin / January 4, 2015 2 COMMENTS

The Flunami Hits Like a Wave, Then it’s Gone http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2015/01/03/ed-leap-flunami-hits-like-wave-gone/21210471/ Like ...

Merry Cripmas? Are you kidding me?

Edwin / December 7, 2014 0 COMMENTS

Trigger warning! If you’re sensitive this might upset you. Or you could just grow up… Merry Cripmas! So here we have controversy of the week, brewing in Clemson, ...

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