Doc Cottle's Desk

Meir and I were talking during a recent shift, and he asked the perceptive question "What's the deal with giving dextrose in a card...

I recently gave procainamide to a patient in the ED. It was a big fuss - we had to send a runner to the pharmacy, the nurse had to blow the ...

A recent study got a bit of press, and it got me to thinkin'. Specifically, it got me to thinking about those clinicians who  say stuff...

Back when I was a paramedic-wannabe, one of the experienced medics showed me his elaborate way of arranging his equipment at the start of th...

Perhaps my recollections of working in Major Med are different than your experiences. When I was up to my ears in patients, spread a mile wi...