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White Coat's Call Room Also see the satellite edition of this week's update over at ER Stories.
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Work in a health care facility? Get a flu shot or lose your job. That's the policy that a couple of national health organizations are pushing. We already do it for tu... Read moreManagement
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Current Features A just-released AMA study has revealed that more than 42% of physicians across all specialties has at some time been sued for malpractice, and more than 20% have been sued two or more times. Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room We receive this transfer from an outlying hospital for a neurology evaluation. The patient is in his 30s and was out at the bars when he was hit in head with beer bottle during an altercation.
Since that event, he has complained of dizziness, headache,... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room I'm getting worried about going to work lately. First it's this phone call. Now, it's the following:
Mrs. WhiteCoat happened to be at the hospital seeing a patient and I get a call from Daughter WhiteCoat in the ED.
"Ummm ... Dad? Yeah. Um Junior Wh... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Haven't had an open mic in a while.
Go ahead and rant about anything health-related that piques your interest in the comments section to this post.
Only rule is that there are no ad hominem attacks. Flames get deleted and I'm Smokey the Bear. Argue ... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room It's sad when you hear about deaths due to texting while driving. Dr. Frank Ryan recently drove off a California cliff while reportedly making a Twitter post about his dog.
We recently had a 22 year old patient come in from a bad motorcycle accident. R... Read moreEKG A 37-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe respiratory distress. He reported a history of hypertension, diabetes and end-stage renal failure for which he received hemodialysis three times per week. However, he admitted to missing his last two dialysis sessions. Read moreUltrasound
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