Welcome to Grand Rounds! This is my first time hosting, so thanks for your patience as I stumble through. And thanks to everyone who submitted! There are some extremely insightful folks out there, and I’m grateful to showcase their thoughts. … Continue reading
Dear readers, new and old: Nicholas Genes, of Medscape Grand Rounds fame, has asked me to host next week’s medical blogging grand rounds. I’m very honored and excited to participate in this forum. As such, I get to ask for … Continue reading
Most emergency physicians have very short attention spans. Thus, many of us have side-gigs. That is, we have other interests that we engage in that are tangential to medicine. One of mine is weapons of mass destruction. As a consequence, … Continue reading
A few mornings ago, when I arrived in the emergency department, there was a lively discussion going on among our nurses. The night nurses, tired but cheery, were leaving. The day nurses, with fresh make-up and stories to tell, gathered … Continue reading
This is my most recent Greenville News column. I hope you enjoy! It is one million degrees outside with high humidity. At the lake, young people impervious to the heat bounce off of an inflatable trampoline and climb an inflatable … Continue reading
Last week my family and I went to church camp. What a wonderful time! It was actually a youth church camp put on by the South Carolina Baptist Convention, but we all went along to help out. The great thing … Continue reading
Many of you know, and some don’t, that my 11-year-old son, Seth, is an insulin dependent diabetic. He’s been diabetic since he was five. The day he was diagnosed lives in my memory; he was thirsty, so very thirsty, and … Continue reading
Thank you, dear friends and readers, for your comments on my July 4th shift. It was, like most shifts in any emergency department, somewhat surreal. Expecting fireworks injuries, I saw none, nada, zilch, zip. Urticaria? Six in one shift. Insect … Continue reading
Happy Fourth of July! My family and I have been doing the normal stuff today; hot dogs and swimming. And the stuff that constitutes normality to us: playing ‘Call of Duty 3′ on the X-Box, fighting with bamboo swords, playing … Continue reading
I am an emergency physician. As such, I spend a great deal of time communicating with other physicians. ‘Will you see this patient?’ ‘Will you admit that patient?’ ‘What do you think about these symptoms?’ I have turned into a … Continue reading