Pumpkin Cheesecake Snickerdoodles
This recipe was forwarded to me by Eli, a nurse in our emergency department. Even though I chilled the dough […]
Two Patients with Broken Ribs
I recently went mountain biking in Moab, Utah. Unfortunately, I fell just as our ride was starting. It was soon
Hard Boiled Egg Chocolate Chip Cookies
My friend, Lisa, sent me a recipe for Hard Boiled Egg Chocolate Chip Cookies. “What the…?” I asked. A quick
Vicodin, Thank You Very Much
One night this week, one of my physician assistants came to me frustrated that the patient he had gone to
Lemon Semolina Cookies
Semolina is made from hard durham wheat. It is cooked, dried then ground. It looks and feels kind of like
Aussie Yo Yo Biscuits
When Shari and I went to Sydney in 2016, we hung out with our Australian friends, Rachel and Richard,
Fire Hose and Blue Bags
Rita asked me for a fire hose bag, trimmed in blue. I made two for him to choose from:
Susana
A sixty-year-old woman came in by ambulance. The nurse entered “abdominal pain, flank pain” as the chief complaint. The nurse
Diabetic Type II
Some people really want their doctor to know the exact details of their symptoms. This often leads to extended written
Rhubarb Sour Cream Cookies
My friend, Jill, offered me some rhubarb. I had NO experience cooking with these tangy, fibrous stalks with poisonous
Three Black Bags
Black straps are prized as only a few come through the department. Three of our nurses set a goal to
Peach Drop Cookies
During fresh peach season, we buy then buy the lug directly from the orchards between Sacramento and where our parents
Crazy Brother
A young woman brought her brother in for psychiatric evaluation. She told me he had been acting strangely and gave
Fire Fighter’s Bag
Got a request from Eric, the guy who gave me the fire hoses, for a bag for a neighbor whose
Caramel-Stuffed Brown Sugar Cookies
My wife, Shari, came up with this one while looking around the World-Wide Web. So good. Almost like eating candy.
Limo Ride from Pismo
A telephone call came into the emergency department and was transferred to the charge nurse. The caller said that a
Chewy Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies
Kind of like snickerdoodles with coconut and lime! Easy to make, soft and chewy, exotic taste! Here is our
Tardive Dyskinesia
My patient was a thirty-five-year-old man who came in by ambulance. He had a condition called tardive dyskinesia. It is
A New Strap Recycle Bin
The bin I used to hold rolled-up straps to return them to the paramedics to use disappeared recently. I decided
Bumble Bee Bag
For years, our county Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has used the same yellow-green trauma straps. Recently, patients have been coming
Snickerdoodles
We bought a Snickerdoodle from a woman selling cookies at the Fourth of July celebration in Blanding, Utah a couple
Trump for President
We frequently have to decide if an elderly patient has an altered mental status. This can be a bit tricky
A Loaded Basketball
A 23-year-old non-English-speaking Vietnamese man came in with a scalp injury. Through an interpreter, he said he was playing basketball
New Firehose Bags
It has been fun to try to think of ways to combine trauma straps with firehoses to make new bag
Amish Puff Chocolate Chip Cookies
My friend, Judd, has 80 gigabytes of digital cookbooks he has collected online. He culled from them the dozens