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Posted on July 13 , 2010

Being Assertive rss

Recently a patient of mine died while going for a test. Although I had warned the doctor that the patient wasn’t stable enough to leave the emergency’s acute care for an ultrasound, he insisted that the patient would go for her test as soon as possible so we could finally establish a diagnostic.

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Posted on April 18 , 2010

Psychosomatic Seizures rss

It wasn’t the first time that I was witnessing a “fake seizure” at the ED, but it was overwhelming to see how the patient was completely and utterly under her own spell. In her mind, she was having a real seizure with all the symptoms relating to it.

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Posted on March 09 , 2010

What to say rss

Dear Professor,

I was a student in your Interviewing Methods class this past January. Although the course is over, I wish to share with you a situation that happened to me at work lately, in which I think could be related with the class you’ve been teaching us.

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Posted on February 21 , 2010

Lazy doctors rss

I’m fortunate enough to work with very specialized and competent doctors. Most of them have good leadership, good organization and most of all passion for their work. What’s unfortunate, is when one of these doctors completely loses his sense of commitment to the public during his journey.

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Posted on January 24 , 2010

Violence in the ED rss

After reading an article in the Medscape Blog about violence in the emergency department, it made me realize how much we are exposed to verbal and physical abuse from patients. From the intoxicated, to the psychotic, to the homicidal and to the plain ‘I’m fed up of waiting in the waiting room 1 more minute’ type of person. About 3 years ago, our staff was the victim of a series of physical assaults.

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