Category Archives: Soapbox

Surprise – Slater and JetBlue part ways

So Steven Slater no longer works for JetBlue. No one saw that coming. For those of you who missed this piece of news – and there are probably very few of you who missed it – Slater is the flight … Continue reading

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There are enough traffic scofflaws already

Here’s something interesting that Tom the 12-lead expert posted: a cath lab nurse, Yvonne B. Singletary, wrote about the ticket she received for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign while en route to a cath lab … Continue reading

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168 hours a week

I happened to glance at the paper the other day and noticed a letter written by a reader, responding in agreement to an earlier article, complaining about how in a certain city average public safety salaries were significantly higher than … Continue reading

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AICD: Apparently I Can’t Die

Nope, not just yet. Since end-of-life counseling sucks around here, here’s something else to further depress you. In addition to frequently not getting information and guidance on advance directives, there are terminal patients who aren’t getting their automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillators … Continue reading

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It’s the education, stupid

Reading a post about patient education or lack thereof at ER Stories, I caught a funny little “disagreement” between the Rogue Medic and The RPh, a pharmacist. And then since I have to go to the pharmacy myself, I couldn’t … Continue reading

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