Category Archives: Medicine

Could be worse

Japan Times: Hosptals turn away patients at record rates A record 16,381 people in serious condition were refused admission by hospitals three times or more while being transported by ambulance in 2010, up 3,217 from the previous year, the Fire … Continue reading

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Everybody dance now!

Hold on a second, clamhead! You think you can just roll in here and tell us it’s not on when it very clearly is on?! You’re just trying to make us not practice, aren’t you? Because you know your kids … Continue reading

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Panic! On the ISS!

This is friggin’ awesome: A list of ISS medical procedures, though lacking in some areas. There’s nothing in here that would surprise you if you know anything about medicine, inasmuch as the procedures are basically what they are on earth, … Continue reading

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Nexus 6

My eyes suck. They’ve sucked for a long time, and not just in terms of vision, though that is the most serious problem I have with them. Most people who know me casually don’t realize I’m as blind as I … Continue reading

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Feel the pain! Feel it!

This is way too true. But I can go one better. I had a standardized patient once tell me that he was such a good standardized patient, he could mimic physical signs. Hepatojugular reflex? Yup, no problem. Lateralized lung sounds … Continue reading

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crap.

I stared at the hole in my glove in disbelief. Did it really happen? Had I really felt it? I wanted to pretend that it hadn’t happened, that I wasn’t actually going to have to go through the whole thing, … Continue reading

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