tales from the nurse anesthesia front, and some other yarns
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, patients, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital, Surgery on Dec 23rd, 2007
It’s that most wonderful time of the year, and I am gearing up for my annual Christmas call marathon. I go in to work at the hospital on Christmas eve day, and go home the morning after Christmas. Yeah, yeah, it’s about 48 hours, give or take, but it’s a worthwhile thing to do, and […]
Posted in Philadelphia, patients, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital on Oct 31st, 2007
A stunning fall morning. Cool, crisp, and comfortable; the skies so, so clear. The weatherman predicts the high around 70 degrees. The air is so still - it’s hardly moving at all. It’s one of those days that makes you feel glad to be alive. You pat the dog, and kiss your spouse goodbye - what shall I […]
Posted in everything else, Philadelphia, Trauma on Oct 12th, 2007
As of today, the murder count in the City of Brotherly Love has exceeded 315 people. Do the math - it comes out to about a murder a day. CNN did the math, too, and reported on this problem that will not go away and has no resolution in its sights.
Posted in everything else, Philadelphia, Trauma on Sep 14th, 2007
The number of murders in Philadelphia so far this year has now passed the 300 mark.
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, Nursing, CRNA, patients, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital, Surgery on Aug 20th, 2007
The day did not start out on good footing. But it did end on a happy note.
Upon arrival to the OR for the start of our 24 hour Saturday shift, there waiting for us in the patient Holding Area at 7:00 am was last night’s latest shooting victim. I’ll call him Mr. LoveMyBrother. He was alert and […]
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital, Surgery on Aug 7th, 2007
One of the downsides of working in a Level One Trauma Center is, well, taking care of Level One Traumas in the OR. A patient arrives to the Emergency Room labeled a Level One Trauma when he/she has acquired possible life- or limb-threatening injuries.
As challenging as these cases are to manage anesthetically if they come to […]
Posted in everything else, Philadelphia, Trauma on Aug 6th, 2007
As of today, there are now 252 murders in Philadelphia this year.
That would make 18 more murders in Philly since the last Murder Watch, posted on July 24, not quite 2 weeks ago.
Posted in everything else, Philadelphia, Trauma on Jul 24th, 2007
Since last posting, there are now 234 murders in Philadelphia so far this year.
(That’s 9 more since July 21, three days ago)
(And 30 shootings since July 21, too)
Posted in Nurse anesthesia, Nursing, CRNA, patients, Trauma, Operating Room, hospital, Surgery on Jul 24th, 2007
I took care of two patients today suffering from severe allergy to lead.
The bullet kind.
Young men, 21 and 29, barely hitting their stride, struck down (but not yet out) by lead allergy.
Young Man #1 was shot a week ago, three times in the same leg. Now, I obviously do not understand the law of the […]
Posted in everything else, Philadelphia, Trauma on Jul 22nd, 2007
As of today, there have been 225 murders in Philadelphia so far this year. This figure is up from 219 from the same time period last year.
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