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How to Answer a Nurses’ Questions: Funniest thing you’ll see this week

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:38:50 +0000

Via A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor comes this bit of Genius: How to Answer Nurses’ Questions: An Algorithm for New Interns . Go, read, laugh. You’ll enjoy it.

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ER Waits meet truth in advertizing

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 23:10:04 +0000

ER Fail – FAIL Blog: Epic Fail Funny Pictures and Funny Videos of Owned, Pwned and Fail Moments . Hahahaha…. Related posts: London Olympics 2012: Meet Wenlock and Mandeville, drips off the old block | UK news | The Guardian London Olympics 2012: Meet Wenlock and Mandeville, drips off the..

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OSHA Faults Hospital for Workplace Violence Violations – News – Campus Safety Magazine

admin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:43 +0000

DANBURY, Conn. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Danbury Hospital for failing to provide its employees with sufficient protection against workplace violence

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…and that’s when I shot wine from my nose…

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:39:16 +0000

I was having my occasional glass of red wine with dinner (it’s AMA approved, and possibly cardioprotective, plus, I like it), having a conversation with my grandson, who’s 10ish. (I don’t now his exact age; I’m not one of Those grandparents, and to be fair, I wasn’t one of those parents, either).

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A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor: The med student gunner: profile

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 03:21:02 +0000

A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor: The med student gunner: profile . Nice one… via Doc_Rob on twitter… Related posts: BlogWorld Medblogger Track There are several of us twittering the medblogger track now…

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Cheaters Never Win (and sometimes they have their Board Certification stripped and get sued)!

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:20:01 +0000

From Wachter’s World , which he prefaces with: As a member of the executive committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine, I can’t provide too much of the inside scoop, so I’ll mainly point you to the published descriptions of a remarkable case: that of one Dr. Arora, who ran an ABIM board review course with a difference. Good for the ABIM. If you need to cheat to pass the Boards, you don’t need to be Board Certified

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Hospital uses armed man in unannounced drill – Saturday, May 29, 2010 | 2:01 a.m. – Las Vegas Sun

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:38:38 +0000

Yikes! Hospital uses armed man in unannounced drill Test of security procedures results in frightening moments By Marshall Allen Saturday, May 29, 2010 | 2:01 a.m. How’s this for an ill-conceived emergency preparedness drill? An off-duty cop pretending to be a terrorist stormed into a hospital intensive care unit brandishing a handgun, which he pointed at nurses while herding them down a corridor and into a room.

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2010 ACEP Scientific Assembly: I’m in

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:38:18 +0000

The 2010 American College of Emergency Physicians’ Scientific Assembly is in Las Vegas this year. I’ve registered, bought plane tickets and have a marker on a box under a bridge (but very near the convention site, so I’m good). So, time for you EP’s to get in there and register, and, I’m going to blog it (unless ACEP gets a court order preventing it (they weren’t interested in me blogging for their house blog, so only time will tell…))

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Book Review: Paradise General; The Nightingale of Mosul – WSJ.com

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 09:27:58 +0000

When Americans think about wartime medicine, “MASH” reruns and the comic antics of Hot Lips Houlihan and Hawkeye Pierce are likely to come to mind. A decidedly more authentic view can be found in “Paradise General” and “The Nightingale of Mosul,” books by a real-life Army surgeon, Dr.

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In-N-Out Burger to open restaurants in Texas – Fast Food Maven : The Orange County Register

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 08:25:53 +0000

The rumors have been flying around cyberspace for months about the possibility of In-N-Out Burger expanding its empire to Texas.On Wednesday, I finally got confirmation that Southern California’s most beloved burger chain is seeking approval to open fast-food units in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

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