Sunday, November 29, 2009

Identify the object below!

What is it?

That's right! It's a kidney-sized blood clot, sitting right on the
ambulance ramp near the sliding doors! Yum.
Don't slip in it on your way out!

(Don't worry, it's "happy blood"--from an extramural birth. The baby
was born in the cab on the way to the hospital, and mom and baby are
just fine.)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Your Private Doctor

Your private doctor does not work down here in the ED. He is probably not going to see you here. He didn't call to "reserve" you a bed. Your doctor can't call here and "order" someone to see you right away.

Also, all the specialists in the world don't work here either. Blowing off your dermatologist appointment to come here and get your weird rash checked out because you "just want to get to the bottom of this" was probably not a great idea, since we're just going to send you to the dermatologist anyway.