Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas

Archive for January 14th, 2009

Medical Diagnosis: We Suck! – Patrol Tactics Channel – POLICE Magazine

Posted by GruntDoc on 14th January 2009

A couple of weeks ago a really dumb survey was published, which purported to show that a giant majority of EP’s thought police were using excessive force, and I agreed with California Medicine Man that it was at best ill-informed, and most likely wrong.

The original article didn’t go unnoticed by the Police:

Medical Diagnosis: We Suck! – Patrol Tactics Channel – POLICE Magazine

It appears to me that there’s a good number of doctors—say about 98% of those polled—out there who are in desperate need of some vertebrae transplants.

Physicians, heal thy selves.

Read the article, and the comments.  Interestingly, they assume it’s true (which I doubt), and the anecdotes about bad medicine flow.

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Medicare’s mistake – Opinion – USATODAY.com

Posted by GruntDoc on 14th January 2009

Medicare’s mistake – Opinion – USATODAY.com

Kevin, MD (Dr. Pho) has yet another excellent op-ed in USA Today.  Why not Kevin, MD for Surgeon General over Dr. Gupta!

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