Category Archives: Medical Blog
Spaceship Accident
Injured By a Spacecraft? There’s a Diagnostic Code for That – WSJ Health Blog So we’ve got this patient here who was injured in this spaceship accident. You know, just a routine, uh, orbital mishap. But how do we account for that? Oh, right, it’s ICD-9 code E845 — “Accident involving spacecraft.” What the Frak?Battlestar [...]
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World Toilet Day
Potty Mouth – Doc Gurley …it’s World Toilet Day today. Are you thinking this is all a load of crap? Let’s just bear down on these facts, shall we? Don’t forget to flush.
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Sweet 16 Squared
A medical indication for using the largest catheters… How often do you change your socks? – Musings of a Highly Trained Monkey I head to the cabinet that holds the STAT 16 Fr Punitive Foley Catheter, and Nurse Tinkerbell heads for the cabinet that holds the STAT 16g Punitive IV Catheter. It’s called a “16 [...]
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Whatcha Talkin Bout Willis
Diff’rent Strokes – Unprotected Text Ironically, the Circle of Willis can also be used to explain the ‘Diff’rent Strokes’ that an individual may suffer from.
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The Four Fakers
When patients try to fool doctors – four interesting types of fakers – vitum medicinus. About patients faking a coma… How they fool doctors – By laying very, very still. Related Link: Fakin’ It – TV episode of Arrested Development. A doctor then approached the family and told them that Buster was in a very [...]
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A Condom Could Save A Life
Le Poisson rouge – un préservatif peut sauver une vie. No subtitles are required to comprehend this video from France. Seen on Le Blog du Petit Docteur
Don Juan Fractures
I Don’t Speak French – WhiteCoat Rants Plafond fractures and calcaneal fractures have both been termed “Don Juan fractures” or “Lovers Fractures” because they can occur when someone jumps out of a bedroom window to avoid being caught by a lover’s spouse. What about Spanish?
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Charting and Coding
Family doctors spend most of their time with documentation, not with patients. May Contain Up To 33% Doctor – Dr. secretwAve101 Woke up today. Documented that I woke up today. Ate breakfast. Documented both that I ate breakfast AND that I got dressed (seeforgotten documentation supplement A). Drove to work…
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Skillful Psychopaths
Who Is A Criminal? – ShrinkRap. The most skillful psychopaths may not come to the attention of the law and may function successfully as politicians, religious leaders or heads of large corporations. Very skillful indeed! But these psychopaths must avoid impeachment trials, sex scandals or the need for government bailouts.
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Smoke Therapy
This patient is stuck in the Precontemplation Stage. Needs Assessment – Fat Doctor …asked if he could skip one pack of cigarettes for the medicine that will cure his bronchitis…
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