Archive for May, 2008
Read it.
Dr. Herbert muses on the ills of the health care system, from the inside out.
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swish swash swish swash…..
I visualize the blood rushing through the vena cavae into the atria, how the lower pressure allows the liquid of life to flow straight into the chambers, and then proceeding through the mitral and tricuspid valves into the ventricles as the atria depolarize and contract. I marvel at how the impulse is [...]
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Tags: Husband
1. Abolish Medicaid, welfare checks and Food Stamps (don’t worry I have substitutions to these programs, but clearly they do not work)
2. Instate a child health care system, no child should have to suffer because their parents are morons, child health care would be free and all doctor visits, dental visits and vaccines must be [...]
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Tags: health care, inurance
My goals
Short Term (before the end of the summer)
Finish Reading Dubin’s
Take the dysrhythmia course
Get my CPR certification updated
Get my EKG certification
Study for the MCAT
Make enough money to get a good digital voice recorder and an IPOD
Long Term
Get into Med School
Make it Through Med-School
Make it Through Residency
Come back here and work in the ER and the free [...]
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Tags: Goals
Code Question
MDOD posted this.
My question is “what is protocol at your hospital for more than one code at the same time?”
We recently had one, and only one ER doc on, Thank God the hospitalist is a great doc and ran the second code, however they were dangerously short of people as the code team was working [...]
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Tags: Code Blue, Protocols
Thank you.
Words could never express my gratitude, or how proud I am to know you.
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At the end of the day, do we neglect the real pain (which we call all surmise is not physical) that the drug seekers feel? I would like to think that addicts can and sometimes do reform, when they finally do, are we there for them or are we too numb from the claimed allergies [...]
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The Problem with Health Care.
As Americans we like to pride ourselves on being the “world power”. After all we have the best military on the planet, we have had a great economy, the ideal lifestyle, and the ultimate freedom.
The medicaid system was designed to assist families that were in need of temporary assistance with health care costs. The key [...]
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Tags: health care mess, socialized health care
What the Hell is that.
I walked into the room, while administering the “doctor knock” and staring at the admission orders. (consequently, the doctor knock should not be used at home, on the door of the 20 year old brother who is crashing at your place for the summer, but that’s another PTSD-laced blog). Greet the patient “Hi, I’m Dr. [...]
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seriously?
My hospital employs the use of scribes. Scribes generally are an info reservoir for the doctor. We spend time with the patients, can recite the patients vitals, labs, tests, medications and consults upon request. We keep up with the billing sheets. We help admit patients by getting a solid history from the patients and medical [...]
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Quote of the Day- E. Joseph Cossman"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal."
- E. Joseph Cossman
