I’ll be there in a week, stories to follow… In other news if you’re curious about the progress of the school in west Africa, Gisele managed to finish the second building by putting on a roof, building the floor and buying some desks. There is also a new playground underneath a solid metal pavilion for [...]
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After my last post I started a small fundraising effort on facebook, some of my friends and family had some good questions that I wanted to answer for all to see, and just generally expand the picture on Gisele and her school. It was asked why the local community does not volunteer time and energy [...]
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/23/health/23doctor.html Sigh… this is a sad, and infuriating article that gives a present day example of the descent of patient centered medicine and the future of primary/ preventative care in this country if insurance companies don’t get their act together, and start focusing more on reimbursing for patient contact vs. procedure driven care. What will [...]
Placing a blood pressure cuff on a patient is typically a simple task. This time was an exception. I felt for the cuff in my bag, pulled it out and went to secure it around the patient’s arm. As I did the floor shifted again and I tumbled forward. I grabbed the guy’s opposite arm [...]
As the cold front settles in on Baltimore, the snow begins to fall, and the roads begin to freeze. On this chilly Friday night, bartenders are closing tabs, drunks are falling over, and triggers are being squeezed. As darkness looms, the revolving front doors of Shock Trauma make not a whirling sound, but the “cha-ching” [...]
My first course at Survival school at Fairchild AFB in Spokane is a one-day course known as “Dunker” training, or underwater helicopter egress training. Basically if a helicopter ever crashes in water since it has such a high center of gravity they have a tendency to flip upside down and fill up with water upon [...]
My pager is a nagging vibrating box during the day. In the middle of the night however it grows fangs and threatens to eviscerate me if the will of the hospital so commands it. Call days on medicine start at 6am and go until noon the next day. From 7am to 8pm we admit whoever [...]
I won this award today! Thanks to anyone who nominated me!? According to the website http://blogofthedayawards.blogspot.com/ receiving this award will bring fame and notary beyond my wildest imaginings.. I don’t feel anything yet…wait!…..no, that was just gas.
