Archive for December, 2008
Do you watch House? Do you know what Propofol is?
Yes, and yes!
My position as a an ER Scribe has vastly increased my medical vocabulary. I can name (and spell!) countless medications, and I generally know what they do.
This hasn’t proven especially useful outside my work until this week when I was watching the show “House”.
Here’s the situation: a guy is holding House and a [...]
Pre Meds- Are You Ready for a Commitment to a Life of Medicine?
It’s a question you need to consider deeply on a regular basis. It’s a question to which you cannot provide a fake answer. It’s a question that may provoke hours of thought and conversation, which may or may not provide an encouraging answer.
It’s easy to dismiss the question. It’s easy to tell yourself [...]
Old Person, Coumadin, and Head Trauma. A Bad Combination
80 something year-old woman, traveling down an escalator. Unwitnessed fall. Presents to the ED with contusion and small laceration to the back of the head. Patient mostly complaining of left knee pain. She is triaged to one of the less acute rooms.
The doctor I’m working with goes to see her, hears a bit of [...]
