Pulmonary Clinic Full of SOBs
DALLAS, TX - GomerBlog is on scene at the Pulmonary Clinic at Dallas Medical Center to report that the place is overrun with SOBs. Every single patient, every single one of them, you know...
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...
Endangered VA System Named 60th U.S. National Park
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an effort to preserve one of the United States' most endangered areas for future generations, President Obama signed a law making the Veterans Health Administration (VA) the 60th National Park...
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...
Patient Can’t Pronounce Metoprolol, Electively Intubated
RICHMOND, VA - Patient Mary Andrews, a 52-year-old female with atrial fibrillation tried to pronounce the beta blocker “metoprolol” earlier this morning. She found herself stuck on the second syllable. Thanks to her nurse...
Study Shows Oxygen Less Functional When Nasal Cannula Worn as Headband
ATTLEBORO, MA - A recent study shows that oxygen administration is significantly less effective for patients who wear their nasal cannulas as a headband.
Nasal cannulas are traditionally placed inside the nares, possibly causing mild...
Pulmonary Team Hypoxic After Climbing Seven Flights of Stairs
NEW YORK, NY - A pulmonary team at New York Medical Center (NYMC) narrowly avoided an overnight ICU stay for BIPAP or ventilator support after medical staff found them winded, tripoding, and extremely hypoxic...
Tips: How to Pronounce a Difficult Drug Name Without Choking, Aspirating, Dying
Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“The” FDA) approved the efficacious and unpronounceable idarucizumab (also known, thankfully, as Praxbind) to reverse the anticoagulant effects of Pradaxa in emergencies. That got us to...
Physical Exam Tips: The Lungs
Examining one lung is hard enough, but two of them??!! TWO??!! UGHHHHH!! This is so much work! If you only have the stamina to examine one lung, definitely choose wisely. Or if you have...
Hospital Opens Smoker’s Lounge for Patients
CHICAGO, IL - Lord Have Mercy Hospital has taken patient satisfaction to a whole new level by recently opening a “Smoker’s Lounge” for its chain smokers. It is already gaining huge popularity among the...