Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas
Prompted by a series of tweets and buzzes pertaining to the knowledge base of Emergency Medicine bloggers we felt it was time to overhaul our ‘BlogRoll‘ and create a separate table for the Emergency bloggers, their twitter handles and RSS feeds.
Nice list! If you find an omission, please leave it there, and not here.
This is a sample section from a new book I’m writing on the transition from residency to practice.
When you die:
More astonishingly good advice from Dr. Leap.
Sam Ko’s Emergency Medicine Blog: Ten Emergency Medicine Websites I Love and Will Marry.
I am always please to be singled out, and am humbled to be mentioned with the other 9 excellent blogs in this category.
But, I’m already married. So, there’s that.
A tour de force. What medical blogging aspires to be:
The New Mammogram Guidelines – What You Need to Know
Unless you’ve been living on another planet, you know that in mid-November, the US Preventive Services Task Force released new recommendations on screening mammography, in which they recommended against routine mammogram screening in women under age 50, and recommended that mammograms be every two years in women ages 50-74.
What you may not have heard is that the Task Force has acknowledged that the mammogram guidelines were poorly worded, and have revised their original statement to clarify their intentions, mostly by removing those two little words “Recommends against”.
Docnotes: Ten years of blogging
Happy Birthday to (what I think is) the oldest continuous medical blog! Ten years is forever in the world of blogs, kudos.
Panda has roused himself to post again.
Dead on, as usual.
Dr. Wes: US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest
In the spirit of the upcoming holiday season and to make sure something on health care reform gets done before the end of the year, Dr. Wes and his wife, Diane, would like to propose the first (and perhaps only) US Healthcare Reform Photoshop Contest.
Bring us your snark, your wit, your creativity about the health care reform efforts encapsulated in a single photograph. Photographs in support or against the current efforts will be equally considered, and you, dear internet devotees, will be the final judge. The winner receives an iPod Touch.
Sheer genius. I only wish a) I knew enough about photoshop not to be a liability, and b) I had an imagination. Let’s see yours…(imagination).
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It’s a Friday, early afternoon, so the bike trail will be lightly used. Traveling through old Fair Oaks to take the wooden pedestrian bridge across the American River. Crossing the bridge there is a 180° turn on the south down–slope of the bridge that takes you back to the bike trail along the river—another 90° at the end of the bridge approach and you are heading west. Gravel! Gravel?
From following his Twitter feeds he’s recovering, though rib fractures will make you aware that we do breathe. A lot.
Good reading, and he dodged a big bullet here.
Why I had to Quit Blogging. [spankysplace.blog-city.com]
I would like to relate why I had to stop blogging two years ago.
Azygous disappeared a while back, and wondered what had happened. Now we know.
I hope this means he’s back for a good while…
Commentary: Why the doctor won’t see you now – CNN.com
Kevin, MD is in the popular press again today, with an editorial on CNN. Good for Dr. Pho!
Musings of a Dinosaur: Today is The Day
Today is The DayToday is the *official* release date for DECLARATIONS OF A DINOSAUR; 10 LAWS I’VE LEARNED AS A FAMILY DOCTOR. Not that this means much; Amazon has been shipping it for over a week. Still, the book is now officially out there.
Very neat! Many congrats!
Kim’s done an excellent job there, and is the moving force behind the BlogWorld Medblogger track.
Happy Birthday, Emergiblog!
While there, check out Grand Rounds
Dallas-Fort Worth hospitals turn to social networking sites to educate, market services | Top Stories | Star-Telegram.com
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In the last year, a growing number of hospitals have discovered social media and they’re using it to educate the public, market their services and address health issues.“It’s not about seeing how many Facebook friends we can make or how many Twitter followers we can get,” said Tim Hanners, senior vice president of corporate and community affairs for Cook Children’s Medical Center. “It’s a communication tool.”
I’m quoted in this article as well. I do want to point out that the Twitter-enabled surgery was in Africa (and covered widely then, about 4 months ago), and was NOT at my hospital.
Same article cross-posted in the Houston Chronicle! HT Dr. Bates
It’s time to start writing again.
After a two year hiatus, I’m reopening the examining room. It’s dusty in here, I apologize. Some of you might remember me, others not.
I thought he would be back, though a two year hiatus meant he was out a lot longer than I thought he would be.
For those new to Dr. Charles, you’re in for a treat. An excellent blogger, with a truly literary writing style. I’d encourage you to add him to your RSS readers or your daily reads.
