One of my personal goals is to make my life easier. Yes, that is easier said than done; particularly given my proclivity for working in the Emergency Department. The ED is not an easy place to work many times, particularly when…
The ART of medicine is much more difficult to learn than the science of medicine; however, it is through becoming comfortable with the “grey areas” that we often experience our greatest ability to help others. It is also what prevents…
It is easy to fall into a potentially callous mindset in the Emergency Department – “If it isn’t an emergency, then it can wait to see the Primary.” While that may be a valid statement, it won’t win you any…
Without question, kids will put the oddest objects into their orifices… and then say that they don’t know how they got there. While this can lead to same comic relief to your otherwise stressful shift, managing a foreign body can…
Once again, a common theme of the Morsels is a need for vigilance. Unfortunately, sometimes those seemingly straight forward cases of vomiting in fact are due to an Inborn Error of Metabolism and it requires our vigilance to make the diagnosis.…
Something that is certainly unique about the practice of emergency medicine is the approach to problems from the “worst first” perspective. Now, generally, I would consider myself as someone who minimizes testing and prefers to spend a few extra minutes…
Working in the Emergency Department places us in a unique position to allow our words to have a significant impact with our patients and their families. While this time of year brings submersion injuries to the front of our minds…