Trained as an emergency physician, my entire career has been spent pondering, searching for, often finding and managing the worst possible eventualities in my patients. Chest pain is, first and foremost, a heart attack or pulmonary embolus. Abdominal pain is … Continue reading
Last night, working in the emergency department, I realized yet again that EMR is a problem. While governmental bodies and consulting firms endlessly praise the utility and wonders of electronic medical records, the hard reality ‘on the ground’ is that … Continue reading
I haven’t worked a night shift in many months. For a time, years ago, I worked full-time nights. I did it for about seven years, at which time my wife told me I was acting depressed and should move to … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Mountain State! I was born in West Virginia, and lived there until I completed medical school in 1990. My wife comes from a family of coal-miners, proud and solid. My ancestors were there as far back as the … Continue reading
This is my column in today’s Greenville News. Happy Father’s Day to all! Don’t waste precious times by saying ‘not now.’ If you were watching me, secretly, you would see that I sometimes do things that are decidedly non-adult. I … Continue reading
Thank you all for your prayers for my dear wife. I haven’t update lately, so here’s the latest. We went to MUSC in Charleston a couple of weeks ago for follow up, some 12 weeks after completion of chemotherapy and … Continue reading
For all of you fans of electronic books (which have finally out-sold print books), my latest book, The Practice Test, is available as an e-book. Here’s the link! http://booklocker.com/books/5196.html Thanks for your support! Edwin
A physician friend of mine recently bragged that, while driving along a rural South Carolina road, he had stopped, chased a timber-rattler into the bushes, located said rattler, then urinated on it. ‘I wanted to say I had peed on … Continue reading
This is my article in Taki’s Magazine on the potential impact of high gas prices on rural life. No, we can’t just ride the bus! http://takimag.com/article/high_gas_prices_low_regard_for_rural_culture
My wife was in New York City with her girlfriends last week. Which meant I was in charge of the house, dogs and especially, the kids. Believe it or not, I love taking care of my family! Though I’m pretty … Continue reading