Chaos as ICU Attending Touches Defibrillator
LEBANON, IN – An internal mass casualty incident was declared at Saint Sebastian Hospital on Thursday morning after an ICU physician inadvertently discharged a defibrillator, resulting in six wounded. A respiratory therapist, two ICU...
Physician Recruitment Ad Statements and What They Really Mean
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Established medical center is a state of the art, modern, newly renovated hospital
The MRI works 12 hours out of the week, and the cost of that new fountain in the lobby will...
An Orthopedic Surgeon Explains: Diastolic Heart Failure
Brosefs and lady folk:
It seems that every now and then we have to deal with something other than the bones. As you can imagine, this is sub-optimal at best. Because bones. Anywhoo, I've been...
Fancy Medical Terms and What They Really Mean
Nurses and doctors use fancy words to communicate and sound smart before patients, families and each other. Having spent most of his adult life in the hospital, Livin La Vida Locum, M.D. shares the...
Judge: No Conflict of Interest for Cardiology Practice to Own Fast Food Franchises
5th circuit court appellate judge, Courtney Mills, ruled in favor of Riverside Cardiology Associates, PC in the case of Delaney at el vs Riverside Cardiology Associates, a class action lawsuit among approximately 4,000 residents...
Tips: How to Keep Your Necktie Nice & Colonized
So who doesn’t love neckties? Not only do they strangle your windpipe, but they also spread disease with reckless abandon. Cheers to that! Here are some of our favorite ways at GomerBlog to help...
Post-Cardiac Arrest Fonzie Not Eligible for Therapeutic Hypothermia, “He’s Already Too Cool”
MILWAUKEE, WI - The critical care service at Sweet Sweet Mercy Hospital has denied Fonzie a potentially life-saving intervention. He recently suffered an out of hospital cardiac arrest, and after he was successfully resuscitated,...
This Day in Medical History: ECG of the Day Toilet Paper Invented
THIS DAY IN MEDICAL HISTORY, 1985 - Have you always wondered how ECG of the Day Toilet Paper came to be in the first place? And who was smart enough to invent it?
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Attending Does NOT Agree with Intern’s Plan as Noted Above
AUBURN, AL - “This is absolute horsesh*t,” said family medicine attending Renata Bellows, as she read over her intern’s progress note. “This is terrible. So terrible.” She shook her head over and over again...
New STOP ACLS Algorithm Proven to Reduce Hospital Costs and Readmissions
JOPLIN, MO - New ACLS guidelines have been published that are anticipated to completely revolutionize the care given to patients in cardiac arrest. "The idea was originally brought to us by several on our...