Category: Emergistan and Medicine
There are Things in the Night; Well Known to the ER
by Edwin | Jul 20, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/there-are-things-in-the-night When I was a boy, I often heard that old saying that parents told their kids to ease their fears of the night. “Now remember, there’s nothing in the night that isn’t...
Read MoreDear Nurses! Thank you and Happy Nurses’ Week!
by Edwin | May 11, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/dear-nurses-thank-you My history with nurses goes way (way) back. Well, to birth. I don’t mean the nurses who helped deliver me although I certainly appreciate them. I mean my...
Read MoreWhy not a Meth Sommelier?
by Edwin | Apr 25, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, substack | 0 |
I rarely drink wine. My family didn’t drink it, being mostly tetotallers. My father was a pastor and had no interest in alcohol. My mother once saw a photo of my drinking Cold Duck with a date, riding on a...
Read MorePiercing the Scarred Veins; an Easter Reflection on Addiction
by Edwin | Apr 12, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/piercing-the-scarred-veins Drug abuse leads to scarred, inaccessible veins in the addicted. It is a common problem, particularly in much of Appalachia. These men and women come to our hospitals...
Read MoreDifficult Doctors and Consequences
by Edwin | Apr 1, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
I’m going to work this morning. As such, I have been wondering who is on call today. Since I work in the emergency department, a lot of my day is spent calling consultants (for the non-medical that means...
Read MoreWho was That Dead guy?
by Edwin | Feb 17, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
Originally posted on my Substack page. Please consider subscribing! https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/who-was-that-dead-guy There was a very nice medical student in our ED recently. It was her first rotation in the...
Read MoreHolding Patients, Watching the Portents
by Edwin | Jan 13, 2023 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
This is my latest post at Substack. Please consider subscribing. It’s free. There’s a sign-up link below. https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/holding-patients-watching-the-portents I recently worked an...
Read MoreHappy New Year! Be Careful Out There.
by Edwin | Dec 31, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
I knew a surgeon once who had lost a child to a tragic accident. Whenever I spoke to him by phone, consulting him on a patient, he would close by saying, ‘hey, Ed, be careful out there, OK?’ I thought it was very...
Read MoreIf it’s a cold, it’s a cold…Staying home from the ER.
by Edwin | Nov 29, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
Staying Home from the ER If it’s a cold, it’s a cold. Edwin Leap 10 hr ago I have been complaining for months about the state of our emergency departments and hospitals and about the absence of news coverage of the...
Read MoreHave Mercy on the ER
by Edwin | Nov 19, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine, MedPage Today | 0 |
This is my latest column at MedPage Today. It’s a plea for the healthcare profession in general to show mercy to the emergency departments of the land. We’re overwhelmed. The fewer people sent in for non-emergent...
Read MoreWatching the Numbers in Healthcare. It’s Not Pretty Out There.
by Edwin | Nov 12, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 1 |
https://edwinleap.substack.com/p/watching-the-numbers-in-healthcare I’m watching the numbers. In the hospitals where I work, in Southern Appalachia, ERs are holding far too many patients and inpatient floors and ICUs are...
Read MoreWhat if There Were no Options in an Emergency?
by Edwin | Nov 6, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine, substack | 0 |
What if indeed… Photo by Caseen Kyle Registos on Unsplash Geographically, you’re a physician in a very small, very rural but locally imporant hospital. Hypothetically you have a patient who is having a heart attack....
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