In one of the emergency departments I work in, the clerk's desk is located near the exit and, shall we say, safely the front-lines of pa...

Songs with the word "breathe" in the title that I have enjoyed, listed in order of when I first heard them: Pink Floyd: Breathe in...

I found myself blathering at Medgadget the other day about the inefficiencies of chest pain admissions. It made me nostalgic for my first pa...

Yesterday, more snow fell in New York City than at any other time since record-keeping began. And I was working in the ER during the storm...

I've always considered rounding on the hospital floors to be one of the most unnatural of human interactions. The emergency medicine ver...

Recently, there's been a lot of traffic in the Emergency Department, and a lot of traffic in social departments, as well. So many new fa...

The scene: a faded, half-filled comedy club, still clinging to its Seinfeld-era glory. A spotlight shines on a brick wall, a black painted w...

I have observed a striking correlation between blogging, interest in emergency medicine, and geocaching. First in myself, then Doc Shazam , ...

There is no better way to start your workweek than listening to "Bottle Rocket" by The Go! Team . It starts abruptly with a bright...

Lately I've had the opportunity to spend some time in in northern New Jersey. Oddly enough, it's here where I've encountered the...

There's a masterful piece in today's New York Times about the Mini-Mental Status exam. Adapted from Bernard Cooper's book , it...

Even Lileks gets the blues: Well, I went off on a rant tonight; didn’t mean to, but it’s been building. I blame myself; I am feeling partic...

I'll always have a warm spot in my heart reserved for the Waitresses' Christmas Wrapping , the enduring tune that makes me smile eve...

Last year I learned that, during the holidays, leaving New York's never easy . This year, it's downright difficult. The significance...

It looked like it was going to be a bad call on pediatrics. Signout was full of new, borderline admissions -- asthma exacerbations that were...

MedGadget has announced the 2005 Medical Weblog Awards , to considerable interest. There's even been some speculation as to how the awa...

There's a great scene in Memento where our afflicted protagonist, with only a short-term memory at his disposal, is trying to jot down a...