http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/feeds/stanford-er?key=stanford-er Healthline Health Blogger Stanford's ER Staff - Straight Talk <br> from the Stanford ER en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. en-us Copyright (c) 2013 Healthline, All rights reserved. http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/thank-you-parallel-universes-grand-rounds-350 Thank you .Parallel Universes. for including Sean Donohue's post Saving Lives in Grand Rounds 3.50. http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/thank-you-parallel-universes-grand-rounds-350 Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/brain-bucket The mild temperature and cloudless sky last Saturday lured people outside onto their bikes, horses, motorcycles and basketball courts. Unfortunately, even the most careful sports enthusiast can suffer an accident and several men and women wound up... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/brain-bucket Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-life-goes Editor's Note: Healthline blogger and Stanford University emergency medicine instructor Dr. Anil Menon is in Haiti to help with the global effort to provide medical care in the wake of the January 12 earthquake. Because communication outlets are l... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-life-goes Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/shot-dark “There is a sniper out there,” the paramedics stated matter of factly as they wheeled our patient into the trauma bay. “This is Jose, he is 25 years old, he was walking to the store this evening when he heard a loud ‘pop’, and felt a sting on the ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/shot-dark Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/chest-pain-dont-wait Why is it that, on a regular basis in the ER, I see very intelligent patients with chest pain that clearly could be a “heart attack” wait at home for hours before they come in to see me? I suppose there must be some degree of denial of their sympt... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/chest-pain-dont-wait Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/greetings It is with great pleasure that I initiate this new blog -- "Straight Talk from the ER." When I chose, many years ago, to go into Emergency Medicine as my specialty, like many students, I chose it largely for the "adrenaline rush" that comes when y... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/greetings Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/why-it-taking-so-long One of the biggest complaints I hear people express about visiting the ER is, “Why did it take so long?! I just had a ______________ (you can fill in the blank with: sprained ankle, little cut, sore throat, etc., etc.)!”Without a doubt, care in ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/why-it-taking-so-long Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/ounce-prevention in media res, old man asking questions in mongolianot unhappy, but beauty caught up with themexiled trip. show. protect crew. dz thereto prep for anything.prep in Ed http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/ounce-prevention Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/desert-halloween Today is Halloween and I am celebrating it with a costume made of bandages. One roll of elastic tape can make you look like the mummy, a creature from Pans Labyrinth or just Robin. I am also celebrating it with over one hundred competitors from th... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/desert-halloween Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/excuse-me-doctor-did-you-wash-your-hands After last night’s shift in the ER, my hands feel like sandpaper. It’s due to the amount of hand washing I do – before and after every patient, and sometimes in between patients - “just because” (in the ER we come in contact with some very interes... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/excuse-me-doctor-did-you-wash-your-hands Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/not-every-case-trauma It is 5:25 AM, Kaiser Emergency Department, and to my surprise I have time to write this blog. That means that all of our patients have been discharged--for a moment at least. This also illustrates that not everyone that comes through the door i... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/not-every-case-trauma Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-doing-best-we-can Editor's Note: Healthline blogger Dr. Anil Menon is in Haiti to help with the global effort to provide medical care in the wake of the January 12 earthquake. Because communication outlets are limited, he has been sending updates to his mother via ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-doing-best-we-can Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-what-ive-learned Editor's Note: Healthline blogger and Stanford University emergency medicine instructor Dr. Anil Menon is in Haiti to help with the global effort to provide medical care in the wake of the January 12 earthquake. Because communication outlets are l... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-what-ive-learned Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/roaming-er It appears that life is more than blisters and foot care. Though that is an important part of a race that keeps people pounding their feet in 100 degree weather for most of the day. In my travels, I've noticed a need for medical care in the villag... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/roaming-er Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/first-days-haiti I can now access the Internet, so am going to try to begin to blog from Haiti. We have been here working hard now for four full days, and more has happened than I could possibly relate, so I will try to hit the highlights, because I'm very tired a... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/first-days-haiti Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/dealing-dolby One of the fun parts of this time of year is all the new movie releases. I caught one last week, "Deck the Halls." Funny, but it could've been a "rental."If you're fond of the "big screen," but find the sound level just a bit too loud, here's a ti... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/dealing-dolby Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-anatomy-day Editor's Note: Healthline blogger and Stanford University emergency medicine instructor Dr. Anil Menon is in Haiti to help with the global effort to provide medical care in the wake of the January 12 earthquake. Because communication outlets are l... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-anatomy-day Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/whos-trauma-it-anyway My last day as a resident at the Stanford emergency department fell on a Friday night. With only a few hours to go before the 7 am change of shift and I began slowing down. In a matter of seconds that tiredness snapped away as I listened to the ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/whos-trauma-it-anyway Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/next-step My wife recently asked me “How do you deal with death on a daily basis?” I tried to answer this question as best as I could, but ended up stumbling over my thoughts. I wanted to convey my feelings about the personal effect death can have on anyone... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/next-step Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/taming-jealous-mistress “Medicine can be like a jealous mistress if you are not careful Sean….” These words were spoken to me 10 years ago by a much older, and at the time, possibly wiser Orthopedic Surgeon. The man was in the waning days of his career, and at 65 years ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/taming-jealous-mistress Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/saving-lives I knew it was going to be a long night. It had to be. The blood still poured from his ear. I had been working nights in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), and our new trauma patient had just come to the floor. As I sat with Patrick watching ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/saving-lives Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-after-aftershock Editor's Note: Healthline blogger and Stanford University emergency medicine instructor Dr. Anil Menon is in Haiti to help with the global effort to provide medical care in the wake of the January 12 earthquake. Because communication outlets are l... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/haiti-update-after-aftershock Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/emergency-medicine-all-about-abcs There is a universal truth in Emergency Medicine when taking care of critically ill or injured patients, and that is, “always remember the ABCs”. (My first grade teacher, Mrs. Goldstein, would be very proud!) In Emergency Medicine, however, the ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/emergency-medicine-all-about-abcs Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/coming-soon-trauma-center-12 We'll be hosting the next issue of the Trauma Center here next Tuesday, November 20th. The Trauma Center is a new blog carnival covering all aspects of emergency medicine. To be included, please send an email to lshevchik at healthline dot com by ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/coming-soon-trauma-center-12 Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/end-life-choices Every day in the emergency department I work hard to cure disease and save people's lives. When patients come through the emergency department we start with the assumption that they wish to have all appropriate interventions that could save their ... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/end-life-choices Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/drugs-abuse To pick up where my last post left off, I thought I would write about a more common case than LSD. That would be alcohol intoxication. SFGH's director of Emergency Medicine, Alan Gelb, noticed a decade by decade decline in LSD presentation to th... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/drugs-abuse Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/thank-you-eye-dna-grand-rounds-beach Thank you to Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei and Eye on DNA for including Dr. Anil Menon's post "Drugs of Abuse" on Grand Rounds at the Beach. http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/thank-you-eye-dna-grand-rounds-beach Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/what-if The Emergency Department can be a very hazardous place to work. Over the course of one year I have seen random acts of violence, and have had friends exposed to various bodily fluids. I have seen a meal tray thrown at a nurse and unruly patients t... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/what-if Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/heroic-measures ED thoracotomy is as far as we ever go to save a life. In fact, it is sometimes so far away that we now have rules to to prevent us from getting lost while performing this procedure. By that I mean, we do not do it unless there is at least a rem... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/heroic-measures Stanford's ER Staff http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/another-late-night In the days following my last post I have worked successive night shifts. I even voluntarily switched into someone's night shift to keep my string together. Today is my first day off so I went to a party with my sister, a party that ended long a... http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/straight-talk-stanford-er/another-late-night Stanford's ER Staff