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Category Archives: thinking about medicine

Exit Block: What it is and why it’s dangerous.

9 Sep

This a great video from the college on the significance of exit block and the effects it’s having on our patients and staff. This, along with the recruitment crisis is, I think the biggest issue facing emergency medicine in both … Read More »

thinking about medicine crowding 1 Comment

Full Capacity Protocols

23 Mar

[image via NetDance on Flickr. CC License] Hospitals are busy places. We have no space, no beds, no staff and inevitably less money to make this all happen. This is the situation we have. We’re fairly pragmatic folks so we … Read More »

critical appraisal, thinking about medicine FCP, overcrowding, stony brook 1 Comment

EM docs are more burnt out than most but none of us are great…

17 Mar

The night shift insomnia that leaves me with about 4 hrs sleep a day has given me the chance to catch up with a bit of reading so here’s a paper for you. This got a very amount of Twitter … Read More »

critical appraisal, thinking about medicine 14 Comments

Waiting room medicine

22 Nov

No not that waiting room medicine. We’re all resus jockeys aren’t we? #idratherbeinresus Most of us in FOAMed community love resuscitation. We love the critically ill. We love the drama, the excitement. We love all the mr EMCrit has taught … Read More »

thinking about medicine 1 Comment

Patients per hour, turn-over and efficient use of staff

22 Sep

If the doctors are the major bottle neck in the ED – then how do we best use their time?

thinking about medicine efficiency, patient flow, turn over 8 Comments

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