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Holidays in a Hospital: Staying Cheerful while Checking for C diff
Photo credit: Aussie Rae / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA Everyone thinks of the hospital as a place where it smells like disinfectant, people are sad, and no one is smiling. Ok that is kind of true; it...
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“What’s on your Christmas wish list this year?”
We asked our bloggers what was on their wish list for the holiday season, and here’s what they shared: Russell Stitzlein, MD For this year: 1. An uneventful second half to my PGY-2 consult year. 2. A...
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Let’s Take a Time Out For Patient Safety
Photo by Russell Stitzlein About a month ago, I walked into the OR and found out that my patient had quite the sense of humor. In addition to the stamp which one of the surgeons applies to indicate...
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A Day in the Emergency Department
“Give me your tired, your poor…” – Lady Liberty Almost Got It Right In many ways, the contemporary Emergency Department is like Ellis Island during its prime. Each day, the masses pass through the...
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ED Case: Dislocated Patella
Photo Credit: Russell Stitzlein Things were a bit quiet the other morning so I decided to go up to the OR and join the rest of the team who were fixing a distal tibia fracture and see if I could learn...
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Polytrauma Patient Case
Photo Credit: Russell Stitzlein “Hey man, just giving you a heads up…I think we have an ankle fracture down here in the trauma bay.” “Um…ok, you think you have an ankle fracture?” “Yeah, the ankle is...
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Issues Facing the VA Medical System
Photo Credit: Foter / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) “I’m Sorry Sir, We Have to Cancel Your Surgery Today” Sure, there are worse things you can be forced to tell a patient, but...
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Bedside Manner: How I Connect With My Patients
Sometimes empathy and the right bedside manner are the best medicine. My aunt was 49-years-old when she was diagnosed with cancer. Over the course of 6 months, she was in and out of doctors’ offices,...
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Challenging Unhealthy Practices in the Medical Field
A healthy medical field leads to healthy physicians; and healthy physicians to healthy patients. The medical field is always evolving, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. It is up to...
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Dangers of Sleep Deprivation in Medical Training
Sleep deprivation is a health risk for both physicians and patients. It’s no surprise that medical students and resident physicians alike are subjected to varied degrees of sleep deprivation. The...
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