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Apr 15, 2024
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The Emergency Department Fails a Woman With Life-Threatening Internal BleedingWhere things went wrong
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 15, 2024
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The Narrative Arc
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Bruce — Gang-Banging, PCP-Abusing, Stark Raving Mad, 275 Pounds of Raging Muscle, Pussycat PatientPatient Jekyll and Hyde
Dec 6, 2023
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Dec 6, 2023
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BeingWell
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Talking a Dislocated Shoulder Back Into PlaceWhile dodging murder at the hands of a physician-in-training
Nov 27, 2023
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Nov 27, 2023
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An ER Doc Undergoes an Operation When His Testicle Explodes at WorkIt’s not as bad as you think — or maybe it is. You decide…
Nov 15, 2023
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Nov 15, 2023
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When All The Holes in My Head Swelled Shut … AlmostPoison oak and I don’t get along
Nov 8, 2023
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Nov 8, 2023
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The Narrative Arc
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Can Getting Your Scrotum Caught in Your Zipper Make You Lose Your Mind?A tale of WHOA!
Nov 2, 2023
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Nov 2, 2023
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When a Patient’s Leg Gets ‘Spun’ What Does an ER Doc Do?Even if I had the pictures I couldn’t show them to you
Oct 31, 2023
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Oct 31, 2023
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‘Everything Happens for a Reason’ is a Ridiculous Idea — A Paralyzed Child’s StoryMy Emergency Department patient’s injury served no purpose
Oct 19, 2023
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Oct 19, 2023
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My Patient Was a World-Famous HIV/AIDS Researcher Having a Massive Heart AttackUnder pressure in the emergency department
Apr 22, 2022
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Apr 22, 2022
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My Grave Concerns About Mask Mandates EndingThoughts on what seems like a slippery slope towards more death and disease
Feb 18, 2022
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Feb 18, 2022
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The Man Who Was Folded in Half and the Man Who Couldn’t Be FoldedTwo stories about getting bent
Feb 17, 2022
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Feb 17, 2022
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What’s Next? Drying the Ammo in the Microwave?And other medical misadventures with machines
Jul 20, 2020
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Jul 20, 2020
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Learning and Teaching in a Tough Medical Environment — What Works?Lessons in heat and light
Jun 22, 2020
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Jun 22, 2020
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ILLUMINATION
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The “Demented” Patient“He Ain’t Right in the Head”
Jul 4, 2020
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Jul 4, 2020
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The Delivery … of a Medical MistakeJuly, The Month Interns Start Their Training — That’s True Every Year
Jun 30, 2020
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Jun 30, 2020
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BeingWell
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Low Back Pain — Boring AFOr is it?
Jun 28, 2020
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Jun 28, 2020
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With My “Capable Shoes” and $3.50 You Can Buy a Small Coffee at StarbucksPerspective and practice
Aug 25, 2020
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Aug 25, 2020
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The Haven
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Why Are All My Medical Problems Compared to Food?Can’t my brain tumor be the size of a cute baby’s fist instead of a lemon?
Dec 26, 2021
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Dec 26, 2021
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Live Your Life On Purpose
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How To Accomplish Anything. Yes, Anything!Going from point A to point B
Aug 21, 2020
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Aug 21, 2020
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Doctor Funny
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In Defense of “Stupid Assholes”They are smarter than you think
Nov 10, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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