Updated 2016 Med/Surg Unit Inventory Guidelines
It’s that time of year to take inventory of what’s on our Med/Surg units. These things are required for the quintessential Med/Surg experience. Bust out...
July Interns Forcing Nurses to Take July Vacation in Record Numbers
MILWAUKEE, WI - Migraines, elevated blood pressures, and heart attacks are just a few things nurses are trying to avoid this month as they...
Manual Disimpaction Gone Awry: Med Student Buried in Colonic Mudslide
PHOENIX, AZ - A frantic search and rescue is underway after third-year medical student Barry Manama was unexpectedly whisked away by a colonic mudslide...
In Attempt to Reach Out to Cards, Medicine Resident Falls Out of Chair
BOSTON, MA - In an aging population that is becoming increasingly complex, it is not uncommon for inpatient primary teams taking care of patients...
Breaking: Medical Student Faints on Rounds, No One Cares
NEW ORLEANS, LA - During vascular surgery rounds this morning, a medical student fainted in a patient’s room, and no one cared.
“On the vascular...
The Michael Jordan of Interns Retires After Curing His 6th Patient
CLEVELAND, OH - We all know Dr. Mark Jeffries by now. He is the Michael Jordan of interns. Setting records by storm, Jeffries has set the...
Here We Go Again, Pathology Was Left Out of Another Article
GOMERBLOG HQ - Whoops. We really screwed up this time: Pathology was left out of another Gomerblog article. To be specific, THIS ARTICLE. We...
Med Student Begins Long, Long Climb Up the Totem Pole
SOMEWHERE AT THE BOTTOM BUT DEFINITELY FAR FROM THE TOP - Realizing that the commonly-used phrase to depict medical hierarchies is not a metaphor, first-year...
Medical Student Accidentally Identifies Retina on Fundoscopic Exam
BOSTON, MA – Third-year medical student Iris Conners did the one thing that every medical trainee, and frankly every human in any field of...
Med Student Stumped When Pilot Asks, “Anyone On Board a Doctor?”
FLYOVER COUNTRY, USA—While flying cross-country from California to New York, Simon Garvey’s worst nightmare came true: an elderly female passenger fainted, and there was...














