The concept of never events sounds appealing. via Report safety not “never events” — db’s Medical Rants . Agree, on his take. Related posts: OSHA Faults Hospital for Workplace Violence Violations – News – Campus Safety Magazine DANBURY, Conn. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)… Man suspected of trying to run down officer in Stockyards arrested | Crime and Safety | … I’m more... 

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants account for at least 10% of outpatient visits and increasingly are being used to handle patient care in emergency departments, according to previous research.  But a new survey said 80% of patients expect to see a physician when they come to the ED. Fewer than half would be willing to see an NP or PA for an ankle injury — they would rather wait two more hours to be cared for by a physician.... 

Here’s a tattoo rule of thumb: Only get one if your job entails shooting people, if you’re an ultimate fighter, or as a safety issue, if you find yourself wrongly incarcerated, and displaying your affiliation with the Aryan Brotherhood will help make prison showers less eventful. Otherwise, let your skin go commando. via Ask Matt Labash Vol. XXVII: An anti-tattoo manifesto, letting kids be kids, and playing the deaf card | The Daily Caller... 

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) – A doctor involved in an “on-again, off-again” relationship apparently tried to force her way into her boyfriend’s home by sliding down the chimney, police said Tuesday. Her decomposing body was found there three days later. via Cops: Calif doctor gets stuck in chimney, dies | KOMO News | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News – Seattle, Washington | National & World News . Awful.... 

We are giving you Epocrates® Essentials $159 value FREE. Our #1 premium mobile application offers the drug, disease, and diagnostic tools you need at the point-of-care. Act fast and tell your friends – it’s free for the rest of August only! via FREE Epocrates Essentials for Medical Students . If you’re a student, this is a heck of a good deal. Related posts: Money for Nothing, Healthcare for Free : PANDA BEAR, MD Panda has roused... 

Longtime Iowahawk readers will recall my old Ozark hotrodding medico friend Darren “Doc” Lee from Operation Dumb-Vee, where we successfully conspired to plaster Doc’s Army unit’s vehicles with morale-boosting refridgerator magnets from home, during his stint in Iraq. You also may recall that Doc is my go-to supplier of, um, “Ozark hair tonic.”I am sad to report that Doc …  Read More →

In presenting the new numbers on Thursday, the centers urged journalists to stop using annual averages like 36,000 or 24,000 and to use more vague estimates like “tens of thousands of people may die.” via Estimate of Deaths in Typical Flu Season Is Lowered – NYTimes.com . Well, good.  That’s good news, and being able to scale the threat against you personally is a good thing. This doesn’t mean, by the way, that you don’t... 

A mentor recently mentioned, in passing, that he stopped riding motorcycles when cellphones came out, as he noticed the average driver distraction level had gone way up.  He said ‘its like everybody’s drunk’. There’s lots of ways to be an impaired driver: physical or mental fatigue, chemicals (legal and not), emotional extremes, etc. (this is not an exhaustive list).  What I want to focus on here today is a very controllable... 

Whether a soldier needs a cure for the common cold or brain surgery, the NATO hospital on Kandahar Airfield can handle it. This is one of Afghanistan’s most sophisticated hospitals, and it provides top medical care on the front line. Just minutes by helicopter from most conflict spots in the country’s south, the hospital saves the lives of 98 percent of the injured who come here. Does it work? Yes: …being so close to the battlefield... 

In another of the things I had no idea about, there’s a market to assist FMG’s in getting US residencies, which makes sense.  Allegedly this guy was willing to go that Extra Mile for his clients. Full marks for creativity, but… Mr. Everest allegedly provided an employee at the hospital with forged letters from a California hospital to show that the applicants had been accepted into a second-year program. And he gave her a check... 

Dr. Wes: ‘Twas the Week Before School Starts .. Full genius.  Mine is driving to her second year away, and Dr. Wes fully captures our experience last year (this years’ a little more settled, but still unsettling). Kudos! Related posts: Dr. Wes: US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest Dr. Wes: US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest In the… Dr. Wes: What To Opt Out of Medicare? Interesting. Dr. Wes links a major Medicare opt-out... 

What I do when I am bored: via Movin’ Meat: Lego iPad Stand (hardcore geekery) . Astonishingly good!  He’s apparently good at something. Related posts: Movin’ Meat: Here we go again Movin’ Meat: Here we go again. Shadowfax’s group is hiring…. Grand Rounds Vol 6, No. 19 | A Groundhog’s Perspective on Med Blogs | More iPad Grand Rounds Vol 6, No. 19 | A Groundhog’s Perspective… Meat stylus for... 

CAIRO — A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man’s spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday. via Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment – World news – Mideast/N. Africa – msnbc.com . Every time I think my country is screwed up, I read this sort of thing, and feel... 

My leased car is at the end of its time, and it’s replacement is on the way. I’ve been very careful not to speak of The New One in or around my current car, as I believe in Carma (yes, stupid pun). Apparently it found out, and today threw some attitude. First, the garage door closer lost it’s mind and had to be reprogrammed, then just as I was leaving the…  Read More →

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