A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing….
“Doctor”, exclaimed the fiance of a 70 year old patient and he pointed his finger at me, a mere 5 inches from my face, “tell me, is it not standard of care if you think someone is having a stroke to immediately check the carotid arteries for blockage?!?!” “Actually, sir, it is not”, I replied -  resisting the urge to tear his finger off and insert it into his rectum, “first of all, I don’t think your fiance is having a stroke, and second of all, even if she were, a carotid du

Bad Nurse
Why in God’s name would Florida nurse, Qui Lan, reuse IV bags and tubing between multiple patients receiving stress tests?  To save money? Too lazy to prime new lines?  To just f*** with people? In any case, she exposed lots of people to HIV and hepatitis. Great.

Pretty Sneaky, Sis….
  “Where???! !! I can’t see!” “Heeerrrreee, DIAGNALLY!”Felt like I pulled off a Connect-Four style win over a drug seeker the other day.  He was there for his typical “migraines” which only respond to IM Demerol or Dilaudid (despite him reportely already being on Oxycontin and  Ultracet).  He claimed allergies to Toradol, Tigan, Compazine, and several other drugs.  I heard from a per diem nurse that he had just been thrown out of a nearby ER the day before where she was working for simil

Worthless Admission
Head over to White Coat’s for my post discussing family demands for admission that are not medically indicated.

The Most Crayzee Person in the World.
Yessssirrreeeee! You have won the award, young man! No one in my memory even comes close! (not including among psychotic people which amazingly, you are not!) No one has more completely unfounded anxiety than you. No one has ever come up with such a bizarre and unrelated set of symptoms. No one has blamed as many unrelated things on such an array of things. No one has been to more sub-specialists (THREE neuro-ophthalmologists and