February 9th, 201901The Man-Cold or Man-Flu can be a devastating illness for half the population. New guidelines have been released to risk-stratify these patients.An objective rating scale for the Emergency Department. Give the patient a point for each symptom listed below. Scores range 0-10.
Brought in by mother
Requests a wheelchair
Lays down in the...
February 3rd, 201901ATLANTA, GA – Stating that the party spread of salads, sandwiches, guacamole, cheese and pepperoni pizza, wings, burgers, hot dogs, and fried chicken simply isn’t enough, thousands of guests in the Atlanta area have signed out of their friends’ and families’ Super Bowl parties AMA citing the obvious lack of IV...
February 3rd, 201901ATLANTA, GA – Stating that the party spread of salads, sandwiches, guacamole, cheese and pepperoni pizza, wings, burgers, hot dogs, and fried chicken simply isn’t enough, thousands of guests in the Atlanta area have signed out of their friends’ and families’ Super Bowl parties AMA citing the obvious lack of IV...
January 23rd, 201900NASHVILLE, TN – Health care professionals will tell you if there is one epidemic that deserves greater attention than the opioid and obesity epidemics it is that of not repleting mildly-low potassium levels fast enough. This is why Vanderbilt’s new Code Potassium Repletion Team, or Code K Team for short, is primed to...
January 20th, 201900This guy desperately needs an ice bath
LOUISVILLE, KY – Therapeutic hypothermia, the deliberate reduction of core body temperature to 32 to 34 degrees Celsius, was found to be ineffective and even harmful in the treatment of patients suffering from hypothermia, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American...
January 19th, 201901PITTSBURGH, PA – Sometimes it’s better to acknowledge one’s own shortcomings and move on. That is why we’re saluting a hero, internist Dr. Keisha Boots, for summoning the strength and courage to do something all of us have always wanted to do: she tossed the tall stack of unread New England Journal of...
January 6th, 201902DELTA 1342 – Well, I hate to break this news to you, especially since you were just so nice enough to volunteer and help out with this mid-flight medical emergency – we really do appreciate it! – but it looks like the emergency medical kit only contains bicarb.What do I mean? Well, uhhh… the thing...
December 30th, 201801NORTH POLE – Santa pulled off another successful Christmas for children around the world but it has come with a cost: Earlier this morning, Santa was diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and bilateral deep venous thromboses (DVTs). Santa has been at North Pole Medical Center since Christmas Day, when Mrs. Claus...
December 27th, 201803Hogsmeade, CT – The emergency department of South Shore Hospital in Hogsmeade will only be treating ‘Very Pleasant’ patients starting November 1, 2018. Argus Filch, charge nurse, laments the policy change but sees no alternative, “Too often our patients are making liars out of our providers. Patients are not...
December 26th, 201801Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – McMaster University has been at the forefront of Canadian Medical research progress (pronounced pro-gress north of the border) since shortly after its founding in 1887. Now, the Marauders are transitioning into leaders in medical social progress.
Boxing day, December 26th, has long been synonymous with a...
