Comments on: Healthcare Update — 05-19-2012

By: Pattie, RN

Pattie, RN — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:26:42 +0000

FECAL infection?? Someone has horrible toilet hygiene or was 3 cm off track when he “used” his new toy.

He was deported? Doesn’t that mean he wasn’t supposed to be in the US in the first place???

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:15:37 +0000

Heard that CPR to the strip club patron was delayed because someone yelled “Hey! We have a stiff over here!” and no one thought that was out of the ordinary.

By: arzt4empfaenger

arzt4empfaenger — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:18:02 +0000

This is really interesting, since in Germany every patient get’s the surgical consult/pre-op talk, and the one from the anesthetist, where general morbidity and intubation/premedication related info is covered, as well as risks for the typ of anesthesia.
If anything, I would have expected the surgical side to be responsible for the post-surgical care. But yeah, the patient’s got nothing important to lose. ;-P

By: Mark Siegel

Mark Siegel — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:48:18 +0000

Re: Scopolamine (a drug used for motion sickness)

IANAD

I’m wearing a patch now, for dizzyness from an ear infection. It works.

When it was prescribed, I remembered only hearing about it in old ‘fifties’ movies and the urban legend sites, and mentioned my ‘concern’ about it to my dr.

Same ‘concern’ when they prescribed cipro while traveling to P.I., in case of ‘diarrhetical problems’, and I had only heard of it from disaster prep training.

By: Pandy

Pandy — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:38:08 +0000

I think the penis guy got what he deserved.