Emergency Medicine

Shark Attack Victim Denied Narcotics

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PENSACOLA BEACH, FL - Skip Sanders alternated between spearfishing and surfing, depending on the waves.  Yesterday, an errant harpoon from his spear gun grazed...
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Man vs. Koala: A List of Lesser Known ER Complaints

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Usually “versus” suggests a terrible trauma coming through the ER, such as Man vs. Car, something that we never want to see.  But then...
emergency department

Patient in ED Knows Nothing About Medical History, Surgeries, or Medications

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SAN JOSE, CA - When Dr. Anderson, a seasoned emergency room attending, went into room 14 late last night, he experienced a first in...
medical app

Exciting New Medical App Allows Patients to Preorder Dilaudid Before ER Arrival

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BOCA RATON, FL - Patient rights advocates from sea to shining sea are giving high compliments to Madre De Díos Medical Center for its...
verbs

Medical Scribe to Subspecialize in Verbs

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NORFOLK, VA - In her few years as a medical scribe, Kacey Agnarsson has observed how health care is getting more specialized with each...
cardiology updates

Cardiology Highlights in 2014

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Thirteenfold Therapy Increases Bleeding in Patients with Active Bleeding With the proliferation of antithrombotic agents available for the treatment of conditions like acute coronary syndrome,...
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Public Health Concern: ‘Stop Minding Your Own Business’

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a press conference today the CDC announced that there is a resurgence in a seemingly incurable public health concern that...

Medical Student in Library Mistaken for Homeless Man

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WORCESTER, MA – Local medical student Jeremy Wynn was escorted out of his medical school library this Saturday by police with the official police reports...
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Breaking News: Fart of the Century Kills 50

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ATLANTA, GA - In unsettling news from Atlanta University Hospital today, patient Timothy Flatus unleashed a fart at 9:45 PM last night so powerful...

Old School vs. New School Physical Exam

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The physical exam has changed, let's admit it.  In what ways?  Let's compare the old school and new school physical exams and see how...