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Top Three ER Patients that Make You Go Hmmm by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Anything but the needle docI have had this post on my mind for quite some time but it has come to the forefront due to some of my recent patient encounters. There are certain ... Read on »

Creepy Love and Other Relationship Oddities of the Week: I by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc No CommentFrom time to time in the ER, we have the unfortunate experience of seeing relationships so foul that they can only be called “creepy love” as a nurse so ... Read on »

Some People Have Nine Lives Too by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Medical Cynicism 101I remember someone giving me a book to read called The House of God when I was in medical school. I imagine that a lot of you have read this book as well. ... Read on »

Coping Skills Don’t Come in Pill Form by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Just swallowOK, I promise to write more often (thank you all for the kick). June and July are always mega-busy as everyone tries to go on vacation, and then you get a Dumass d ... Read on »

CYA and Healthcare Reform by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Ok, so I know that I haven’t written a post for some time now and you are about to understand why. About one month ago, my dad called me to tell me that his primary care ... Read on »

Internet Date Goes Horribly Wrong by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc An interesting thing happened last weekend. My own Romeo and Juliette … from Hell that is. We had two patients come in from a car accident by EMS. Here is their story; ... Read on »

On Death and Dying: The Grieving Tray by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc I think that all doctors would agree that of all of the moments we get trained for, the one that can be the most difficult is when telling a family member that their loved on ... Read on »

Made With Love by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Since we were just on the topic of nutrition a few days ago, I thought I would share an interesting true story with you from our ER. It is among the many reasons that I usuall ... Read on »

The Bottle’s Been Going Down by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Alcohol. Too many stories, hard to know where to start. I have so many things to say about alcohol, but too tired at the end of this shift to start. But I think you might enjo ... Read on »

Swine Flu: Epidemic on Our Hands? by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Duct Tape. Save Yourselves! The End is Near!I’m almost glad that I will be having some time off in the coming days because with all of the insanity regarding the swine f ... Read on »

There Should Be a License for Parenting … or Maybe a Test by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc If I only had a dollar for everytime I have seen people in the ER who wouldn’t be able to properly parent a goldfish, yet for some reason have 2-3 kids; I wouldn’t ... Read on »

Laying on of the Finger by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Part of my mission with this blog is to help those outside of the medical realm to understand how much BS we often have to sift through in order to get to the bottom of things ... Read on »

Nude Psychiatry by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Shirt and shorts required.I had this patient come in for a fall this weekend – seems like everyone was falling for some reason. He was in his sixties and had recently lo ... Read on »

Polypharmacy – Taking Too Many Medicines by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc One of the questions I get all too often from my patients, particularly the older ones who are way too many medications, is “ Will this new medicine react with the ones ... Read on »

The Most Widely Used Anti-Depressant by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Oh, how this video summarizes the case of so many ER patients.Oh, how this video summarizes the case of so many ER patients. Read on »

Surgical Masks – The Swine Flu Placebo? by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc The Insanity ContinuesArriving to my destination country yesterday, I was greeted with two guys wearing medical masks and holding some kind of alcohol spray in their hands. Th ... Read on »

No, We Don’t Need to Land in Scotland! by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Fish or chicken? Should've had the pasta.As I had mentioned before, I am on vacation for the next couple of weeks. I thought I would be getting away from the stupidity ... Read on »

The Rampant Abuse in Medicine Today: My Three Pet Peeves by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Recently I was talking to an ER practitioner from another country and we were comparing notes. I have always thought that racism is most idiotic of ideas, and I always say, &l ... Read on »

Hydroxycut and Fad Diets by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc A sad day in dieting occurred late last week with the pulling of Hydroxycut – the famed dieting pill (as seen on TV). The FDA is now warning consumers to immediately sto ... Read on »

Non-Pharmaceutical Pain Management Options and the Vicodin Virgin by ERDoc Posted in: Blog Posts in Life as a Doc Ok, it’s time to take a small break from all the jokes and wild stories, and time for a more serious article. Being outside the US for the past few days, I get a new per ... Read on »

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