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LatestGreat Column by a Colleague. College is indeed more dangerous than we think…
Great bit of writing by my friend and fellow EM physician/writer, Dr. Lou Profeta. Worth a read for parents of college students and students alike....
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LatestConfiscation Follies
First of all, I don’t think gun confiscation will ever happen in the US. It didn’t work in Australia, and most of Europe is awash in firearms regardless of laws. In fact, most of the world is. And those places with...
A Tale of a Transfer
‘Oh what a tangled web we weave when we try to transfer a patient.’ This is a column of mine from Emergency Medicine News, from 2018. My monthly column is titled ‘Life in Emergistan.’ In fact,...
Read MoreWhat if People Behaved Outside the ER as They Do inside the ER?
What if people behaved in public the way they do in the emergency department? It’s often hard to describe what happens in a busy emergency department. Many of us who spend our days or nights immersed in the soup of...
Read MoreBrian and Becky; an Eternity Tale
I’m experimenting with some stories about what life will be like in Heaven. Here’s one of them. Comments welcome. Brian, at last attuned to the situation in which he found himself, began to see with new...
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Practicing Emergency Medicine is Part of Living the Good Life
This is my latest column in Emergency Medicine News. Work in the daily...
Read MoreHow Looney Tunes Helped Prepare me for ICD-10 Codes…
Ah, the ICD-10! For the non-medical, the ICD-10 is an exhaustive list of medical conditions, procedures, etc. used by hospitals and providers to generate bills. For the medical, I’ll just say that my entire childhood...
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No, You Won’t Lose Your Skills in Rural Emergency Care
I hear it all the time. Young resident physicians are taught it. It infects our...
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