The Difference Between a Pianist and a Penis
In this series, Gomerblog delves deep into two things often mistaken for one another and helps sort out their differences in order to help...
Physical Exam Tips: The Abdomen
Two things are needed for a spectacular abdominal exam: luck and an abdomen. The following review focuses on different aspects of the abdominal exam,...
GomerBlog’s Tips for Fixing Healthcare
Hey, cave dwellers: medicine is broken. To fix it we're going to need a little elbow grease. Here are GomerBlog's sure-fire Tips for Fixing Healthcare:
Stall,...
Ten Spectacular Off-Label Uses of the Speculum
You’re probably familiar with the traditional use of the speculum: visualization of the cervical os, blah blah blah. We at Gomerblog are pleased to...
Tips for New Interns: How to Curl into the Fetal Position
We can certainly feel for all those interns starting this month: their minds are spinning and their cardiac rhythms are just shy of V-tach....
Physical Exam Tips: The Nervous System
The physical exam of the brain and nervous system can be broken down into two parts: the lumbar puncture and everything else.
Lumbar Puncture
The lumbar...
The Difference Between RICE & Rice
Today, we distinguish between another two often-confused entities: RICE and rice.
RICE is an acronym that stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. RICE is...
Avoiding Sexual Harassment Charges on the Job
With the arrest of a prominent emergency medicine physician in Manhattan for the alleged sexual abuse of patients in his care, it’s more important...
Tips: How to Defuse the Angry Patient (or at the Very Least, Make Things...
Handling the angry patient (or family member) is a very delicate situation, so we should all be grateful that we were never educated on...