Comments on: Healthcare Update — 09-02-2012 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/healthcare-update-09-02-2012/ A blog from inside the emergency department Thu, 23 May 2013 06:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jason http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/healthcare-update-09-02-2012/#comment-98298 Jason Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:45:27 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8533#comment-98298 Hi Stacy,

It’s the EM doc in me, but “arterial vein”? I am trying to think of a simile, but nothing works. It’s just that artery and vein are mutually exclusive. I am guessing, though, that it was a vein, because, if it was an artery, I don’t think your average “doc in the box” place would even try to fix it (and, if they did – well, you don’t know what you don’t know). Oh, and, someone asked how many stitches. How many?

]]> By: Allison http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/healthcare-update-09-02-2012/#comment-98182 Allison Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:54:02 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8533#comment-98182 I don’t get the shock about Naegleria fowleri being in tap water. It’s not like you can get it by drinking the water; the two people DID contract the disease by using Neti pots…with tap water. Just don’t shoot it up into your sinuses and you’ll be fine! What’s the big deal?

]]> By: Stacy Dymalski http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2012/09/healthcare-update-09-02-2012/#comment-98025 Stacy Dymalski Sun, 02 Sep 2012 17:15:06 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=8533#comment-98025 Thanks, guys, for the shout-out about rushing to the ER to stitch up an artery I sliced open (in the kitchen) on my hand. It was the fastest way I know how to teach your 14-year-old how to drive.

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