Category: Emergistan and Medicine
EMTALA Means Guaranteed Care And Guaranteed Financial Ambush
So often I see the working poor in the emergency department. They come because they don’t have physicians, or because when they do the office is often too busy to see them. They come because they’re anxious, or...
Read MorePain and Suffering, Wonder and Meaning (at Christmas)
This was my Christmas column in Emergency Medicine News, December 2018. Pain and Suffering, Wonder and Meaning. ...
Read MoreDear locums physician recruiters…a few tips
Dear locums physician recruiters, After completing medical school and a three year emergency medicine residency, I spent twenty years in the private practice of emergency medicine, in a fee for service group. Then around 2013,...
Read MoreThe Christmas Story, revisited
(I wrote this several years ago but I think it remains relevant. Especially as this is the first day of Advent. Merry Christmas!) The Christmas Story Revisited Joe sat with Mary in a roadside diner. She squeezed...
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Like Doctors
I saw a patient recently who was in her 80s. She was a very active and healthy woman who enjoys the outdoors. I asked her, ‘What medicine do you take?’ ‘I don’t take any.’ ‘Well, who’s...
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This is How Love Works
This is How Love Works I once saw an older gentleman who was mentally impaired from...
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The Assorted, Incredible, Indispensable Species of Doctors. Thank you all!
The Assorted, Incredible, Indispensable Species of Doctors. Thank you all! Although...
Read MoreFood and Drink in the ER; Fuel for a Hard Job.
Although this is NOT a Joint Commission ruling, and it is acceptable to have food and drink at one’s desk, all too many hospital emergency department still have a ludicrous, repressive rule...
Read MoreIt’s Not Fat-Shaming; it’s Physics. The epidemic of falls and debility
This is my latest column at my site on Medpage Today, RuralRX Too much weakness, too many falls that often could be avoided by taking action earlier in life. https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/rural/82532
Read MoreLooking for a PA School? Consider North Greenville University…
If you are a student interested in being a physician assistant, and especially if you would like to find a school with a Christian worldview, please consider North Greenville University. Their emphasis on clinical care and...
Read MoreA 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...
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