BREAKING: U.S. Patient Tests Positive for COVID-19, SARS, MERS, Ebola, Bubonic Plague, Measles, Smallpox,...
ATLANTA, GA - In breaking news to Gomerblog, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has identified a patient who has not only tested...
Game of Thrones Pain Scale
Are you like me and tired of giving the same old boring explanation of the 0-10 pain scale? Spice it up by using the...
Patient Put on Totally Unclear, Very Murky Liquid Diet
AUSTIN, TX - Seeking to ruffle some feathers by going against the usual progression from NPO to clear liquids, hospitalist Roy McRoy placed his...
Probiotics, Antibiotics Battling for Supremacy in Man’s Intestines
MAN'S SMALL BOWEL - For those who have been keeping score, it has been an absolute nail-biter as probiotics Lactobacillus & Bifidobacterium and antibiotics...
Rampant Burnout Among Stock Photo Models Who Pose As Burned-Out Doctors
BOCA RATON, FL - The CDC has just released an unsettling report suggesting that stock photo models who pose as burned-out doctors are themselves...
Like Lifetime Board Certification, Docs Who Trained Before 1990 Grandfathered Into Old Medical Guidelines
Taking a page from the medical boards, the medical societies of America, ranging across all specialties, recently announced that doctors who trained before 1990...
Newborn Nursery’s Infant Capacity Increases 50% by Hiring Former Tetris Champion
ATLANTA, GA – The Newborn Nursery at Swedish Covenant Hospital has seen a dramatic increase in their patient capacity after hiring a former Tetris...
Alternate Phrases for “This is a Very Pleasant…”
It’s not uncommon to start a history of present illness (HPI), assessment, or discharge summary with the following phrase: This is a very pleasant…...
Dilaudid & Morphine Shortage Prompts Pharmacy to Switch to Heroin PCA Pumps
SMITHVILLE, AR - The ongoing rise in demand for opiate medications, combined with limited supply of intravenous narcotics has left physicians, nurses, and pharmacists...
Medicine Consulted for History and Physical
IOWA CITY, IA - The University of Iowa Orthopedic Department has gone "all-in." At 13:36 on Thursday, Orthopedic Surgery finally took the plunge from the...