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Rick Abbott bemoans the treatment of the uninsured in the American health system. If you’re uninsured and you’re diagnosed in the ER with a potentially lethal condition that isn’t deemed an ‘emergency’, then the hospital is not obliged to treat you… Madness, eh.
The Ballad of Eric’s Prostate starts with an unusual finding hidden inside a patient’s jocks…
The LITFL team recently added the ICU Rounds podcast to our easy-to-search database of free online podcasts. This podcast has been running for a couple of years now, and is produced by the exceptionally prolific Jeffrey Guy. Dr Guy has specialty training in burn surgery, trauma surgery, and critical care and is an Associate Professor [...]
The Professor of Surgery leads his Professorial train on a ward round the night before surgery.
“Look, Mr. Arbuckle. I’m the Professor. You’re no good the way you are. So tomorrow, I’m going to fix you. There are some risks, but you don’t need to worry about them. OK? See you tomorrow.”
A 29 year-old man has recurrent abdominal pain. Can you make the diagnosis where others have failed?
The trauma room has turned into a blood bath. You’re going to have to buy new shoes. What should you throw at the patient – the kitchen sink or Factor seven?
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The surgical team left the old man’s bedside as the ward round came to an end. “That chap’s really not with it is he?”, said the Surgeon to his House Officer. “Perhaps we should get the medics to have a look at him. Do you think his state of confusion is acute or chronic?”.
