We are giving you Epocrates® Essentials $159 value FREE. Our #1 premium mobile application offers the drug, disease, and diagnostic tools you need at the point-of-care. Act fast and tell your friends – it’s free for the rest of August only!

via FREE Epocrates Essentials for Medical Students.

If you’re a student, this is a heck of a good deal.

My leased car is at the end of its time, and its replacement is on the way. I’ve been very careful not to speak of The New One in or around my current car, as I believe in Carma (yes, stupid pun).

Apparently it found out, and today threw some attitude. First, the garage door closer lost its mind and had to be reprogrammed, then just as I was leaving the house the low tire pressure sensor lit up. All four tires needed just a little air.

I said nice things to it on the drive out and back, but this cars’ time is done. Cars still have some kind of feelings, though, and I never intended to hurt this ones’.

Thanks, Inexorable Lexus, and farewell.

Last night, my friend died.

..of Scalpel or Sword fame.

If you’re Scalpel, please drop me a line, and if you have a working email for same, ditto.

That is All.

Enjoy!

http://www.emergiblog.com/2010/08/change-of-shift-vol-5-number-3.html

And it’s not just any old contest, there’s $500 up for grabs. Here’s Doctor Charles’ contest page.

I’m disqualified, as the only poetry I even remotely like is the bawdy limerick. Non-medical.

Best of luck to you poets!

We’re happy to announce that Adam Simone, who took us on a tour of the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston, is the winner and will be taking home a brand new Apple iPad. Adam is a graduate student in Biotechnology and Management out of Carnegie Mellon University and is interning at a medical technology consulting firm.

via My Medical Museum Contest: Meet The Winner!.

Oops, missed this announcement, but better late than never?

Nurses. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.

But on July 15th, you have the chance to thank a nurse you admire.

Buy a small card and take a moment to write a message acknowledging their awesomeness.

via » Features » July 15th: Note 2 Nurse day..

Impacted Nurse has a good idea here, a day to send some small token of appreciation to your nurses.

Put it on your calendar, and I’ll do the same.

UPDATE: Nevermind. see the comments.

We want you to visit your local medical museum, and tell us about it.

Chances are, you live near a medical museum. Maybe it’s an overlooked building downtown, or a hospital library. Inside, you’ll find bizarre specimen, important documents, and yes, medical gadgets.

This contest is an opportunity to showcase your local medical museum’s treasures for the world to see, as well as to describe your local medical history and explain how clinicians and scientists in your area contributed to medicine.

via My Medical Museum | Home.

There is time left for you to win an iPad (I bought mine, and really like it).  So, go t your local medical museum, and win!

Researchers from the Emergency Medicine Network at Massachusetts General Hospital today launched a free application for the iPhone that will tell you where the nearest hospital emergency rooms are in the United States, along with directions and other information designed to help people away from home.
via MGH launches ER finder for iPhone – White Coat Notes – Boston.com.

I tried it, and it worked very well for me (not needing it, just testing it out).

Oddly, the blog article tells all about it, except its name (true, it’s in the headline but that looks like a generic description, not the app name) which I had to watch the video to find. It’s EMNet findER, free in the iTunes app store.

I cannot think of a reason not to have this on your iPhone, especially if you ever travel.

Update: from Richard Winters (twitter) (blog):

@gruntdoc do they have an app that finds a consultant who doesn’t call back? or one that finds my stethoscope?

Heh.

Other needed apps:

ER FindMyNurse – patient
ER FindMyDoc – patient
ER Find the Nurse I need – doc
ER BoxLunchMenu
ER INeedAMiracle – everyone…

Got an ER app you need?  That’s what the comments are for…

Why I use Bing instead of Google: June 6th Version – Jessica’s Well.

Time for a second look at Bing.

Three years ago this month, my son was killed while serving in Iraq. His death changed many things, among them my own hitherto casual attitude toward Memorial Day.

via Memorial Day, for a father whose son was killed in Iraq – latimes.com.

Happy Memorial Day, which, per US Memorial Day.org, is defined as

Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.

You can’t thank them but you can thank their families, and remember their sacrifice.

The rumors have been flying around cyberspace for months about the possibility of In-N-Out Burger expanding its empire to Texas.On Wednesday, I finally got confirmation that Southern California’s most beloved burger chain is seeking approval to open fast-food units in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

via In-N-Out Burger to open restaurants in Texas – Fast Food Maven : The Orange County Register.

Awesome…  Animal style in DFW.

To those of you who haven’t heard, an icon of emergency medicine has passed away. Carol Rivers, MD, died last week following a cardiac procedure.

via edwinleap.com | Carol Rivers, MD.

The Giants of EM are aging.  It’s a very-new specialty, and those that made it deserve their veneration.