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• Making CPR Fun (and Funny)

  Vinnie Jones shows us how to do hands off CPR using a previously arranged near-corpse. From the British Heart Foundation.And yes, we sometimes hum “Stayin’... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Back

  More or less.Everyone who emailed me, thanks. I am quite well, if a little bruised. Therein lies a tale, you say — true enough, but one I’m not quite ready to... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favourite Poems XLIII

  Now Winter Nights EnlargeNow winter nights enlarge The number of their hours, And clouds their storms discharge Upon the airy towers. Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Awesome

  A few days ago, we had VSA come into the department. According to EMS, the patient had collapsed while grocery shopping down the road; CPR was started almost... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Got Mine. Got Yours?

  The flu shot, that is.I got mine yesterday. And no, I did not get any flu-like symptoms. So get it over it, and go get the shot. Now. Especially if you’re a... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Under Construction

  Meaning me, of course.I worked a (rare) Night 12 a few days ago. It was the usual dog’s breakfast of high acuity, walking wounded without end lining up at... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Under Contruction

  Meaning me, of course.I worked a (rare) Night 12 a few days ago. It was the usual dog’s breakfast of high acuity, walking wounded without end lining up at... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Asking for Drugs

  

  In the Emergency Department, part of a nurse’s job in discharging patients is to figure out if they are good to go home, because in part it’s good nursing... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Smokers Have Other Problems Besides, Well, Smoking

  

  If you work in the North, you’re familiar with the scene: patients in gowns, riding wheelchairs and trailing IV pumps scrambling over snow banks and icy walkway... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• All Nurses Are Not Equal

  

  My best friend Reid made an interesting point the other day. “I have,” she said, “an alphabet soup of certifications. I have ACLS. I have BCLS. I have TNCC. I... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Where Breasts Meet Art

  

  Breast casts of various celebrities customized and tarted up by artists (more breasts here) to be auctioned and proceeds going to the Keep-a-Breast Foundation, ... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Favourite Poems XLII

  Two poems on the theme of Autumn.Autumn ValentineIn May my heart was breaking- Oh, wide the wound, and deep! And bitter it beat at waking, And sore it split in... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• “We Will Now All Be Unwilling Participants in a Social Experiment That Will...

  My thoughts exactly, from Alan Drummond of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. His full statement on the proposed repeal of the Gun Registry. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On the Gun Registry

  

  Some people who have never seen a gunshot wound to the faceGlobe and Mail headline: “End of long-gun registry seen as victory in war on Big Government. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Watching Your Employees Die Gets You -1,000,000,000 Karma Points

  

  This is pretty appalling. Actually no. It is un-freakin’-believable: Last month, Julia’s daughter, Vianney, buried her mom, after the 67 year old woman died... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 MEDICINE

• Sometimes Things Ain’t What They Seem

  

  Niagara Health is taking a beat down lately. First it was an uncontrolled C. difficile outbreak, then a provincial administrator was appointed to deal with the... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Says Blatchford, First We Shoot All The Nurses

  

  I actually did a double take, and my jaw dropped, slightly when I read this:It’s why, where I used to think that before I got really old I’d get me a gun so I... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Death to PowerPoint and Other Notions

  Back again.Yeah, I’ve been away for a while, for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with writing or blogging. However my unintentional sabbatical has ha... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Andrea Horwath Has a Complaint About the Health Care System.

  

  For my American friends and readers, we’re having a provincial election here in Ontario. Since health care is deemed a provincial responsibility (though funded... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Allegations of Patient Abuse at St. Joseph’s

  This story concerning alleged abuse of a senior at St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre (and yes, I know “alleged” is a weasel word) has been making the rounds in th... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 DIARIES, MEDICINE, SELF EXPRESSION