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  • Thank You .Parallel Universes. for Grand Rounds 3.50

    Thank you .Parallel Universes. for including Sean Donohue's post Saving Lives in Grand Rounds 3.50.

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  • 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...

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  • Haiti Update: Life Goes On

    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...

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  • Shot in The 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 ...

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  • Chest Pain? Don't 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...

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