StorytellERdoc
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring. Not only Emma, but soon my friends and family were asking if I did "the stuff that Dr. Sometimes I have to drain abscesses from wounds, too." I know there are many more invasive procedures we perform in the ER that could be considered similar, but I couldn't think of them quickly enough.
StorytellERdoc
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
One of the largest problems in our ER, it seems, is that there is a subset of patients who visit us on a routine basis. It is a real problem in our ER. We just don't have the time among all the other serious happenings in our ER that require our attention. Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
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StorytellERdoc
JULY 10, 2014
To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." And our ER is not alone. I hear the frustration of my colleagues and see first-hand how overworked most of us who provide health care in the ER setting have become. Sir," I asked, "what brought you to our ER today?" "My To pain control issues.
StorytellERdoc
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
I simply wanted to pull you into my world, through my words, to focus on obscure life and ER moments that possessed a level of rawness and realness that connected you and I as fellow human beings. The emergency department where I have worked for 22 years as an ER physician is busier than it's ever been. I missed you! Not even close.
StorytellERdoc
JUNE 11, 2020
A few years back, I took care of a frail elderly gentleman who, accompanied by his wife, had come to the ER with an elbow injury after tripping over a curb in front of a local restaurant. He survived because a local farming family took him in as "one of their own" during the war. He continued to insist that he needed stitches.
StorytellERdoc
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
Walking into Room 33, my next patient, who had come to the ER complaining of cough and cold symptoms, seemed just as I had expected. What can I do to help you in our ER today?" In the meantime, a good friend brought to my attention the many layers of meaning to the below post. I hope you, too, find new meaning in old words.
Louisville Lectures
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Chris Reed presents an overview of congenital arrhythmogenic pathologies by first focusing on two families of diseases: structural and conduction. He then discusses pathophysiology and cause of disease and after, the diagnostic workup and what to include in a consultation.
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