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ERR: Emergency Room Reflections by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Reflections on medicine, drawn from a few shifts in the emergency room.Where theory meets reality...1) If a specialist wants referrals of nice, insured patients, but answers ... Read on »

Voice Transcription Adventures…or Roys accusation send furs by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The patient has fluferculosis, buperculosis, conbumption, arg!I’ve dictated charts since I started private practice 16 years ago. Although I like to think that I’ ... Read on »

Distracted by Staying in Touch by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This is my column in today’s Greenville News. Are we communicating for the right reasons?http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091116/OPINION/911160302/1016/Ed-Leap ... Read on »

Brown pelicans 1, brown human beings, 0 by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine We were endangered? Wow. Where are the fish?I recently learned that the Brown Pelican has been removed from the endangered species list. It is postulated that the success o ... Read on »

Evidence-based living by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine ‘Evidence-based’ is the catch-phrase of modern medicine. For the non-medical, or those without much involvement in research, the implication of the term ”ev ... Read on »

Driving, and practicing, distracted by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Where's the auto-pilot?Recently, a commercial airplane overshot it’s destination by about 150 miles. The pilot and co-pilot were both using lap-tops. They were ... Read on »

Prayer and monkeys by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Dear Lord, please send us a monkey!Someone recently humbled me by asking if I’d write something about prayer. Providentially, it would seem, since I’m reading &ls ... Read on »

Vaccination consternation by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine to inject or not to inject, that is the questionLast week I took my wife and children for our yearly family flu vaccination. The one Elysa used to call her ‘flea shot.& ... Read on »

Human factors in medical error by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s a very good video from the UK. A woman dies from airway difficulties, and the situation is assessed and dissected by her husband, a pilot. We all have, and will ... Read on »

Hospitals must remain ‘unbearable.’ by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This year, like last Autumn, two black bears were found walking around the hospital property. This is rural South Carolina, so bears aren’t especially surprising. Fran ... Read on »

Lost, found and lost again… by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Lost in America, lost in the mind“What kind of mother would I be if I left my son here and went home?” Reba asked me this with tears in her eyes. In the midst of ... Read on »

The on-call labyrinth by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine The call schedule is hidden somewhere inside!Dictation:‘The patient was seen in the emergency department by Dr. Niemans, who is the acting hospitalist on call for Dr. Wh ... Read on »

Every specialty matters by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Last night I cared for a patient who raised my heart-rate a bit. Of course, any emergency physician will tell you, the potentially difficult and complicated cases often come ... Read on »

A little early Thanksgiving! by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This is my column in Emergency Medicine News for November. The link is below, followed by the text file.Although it’s a little early, and I’m not trying to rush t ... Read on »

Solving the health-care crisis by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have a solution to the entire health-care crisis. It’s pretty simple; I don’t know why I didn’t think of it already! The problem, of course, isn’t ... Read on »

A book teaser. ‘God has always desired you.’ by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here is a chapter from the book I’m trying to complete. I just want people, who have asked me, to know that I am actually working on it, albeit at a snail’s pace. ... Read on »

A poem for ladybugs by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine At least twice each year, we are infested with ladybugs. Horrible, nasty ladybugs that make us have hives and wheeze, that make our eyes red and itchy and swarm on our house ... Read on »

Why ownership and profit are good…at midnight in the ER by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, the phone rang. It was about 11:20 pm. Anyone who is past college knows that any phone-call that late bodes ill. Sure enough, on ... Read on »

The cats are in the bag! by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine This was my column in this week’s Greenville News. Here’s the link; the text follows.http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20091026/OPINION/910260313/1016/Ed-Le ... Read on »

I drive God crazy… by Dr. Ed L. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Yesterday on my shift, I dealt with some extremely manipulative patients. Of course, that’s medicine for you. No surprises there! Sometimes, the manipulative can be q ... Read on »

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