Kooks

The woman was middle aged. Her presenting complaint was “Eye Problem.” She was ill-kept, making me think she might be […]

A twenty-nine-year-old woman came to the emergency department complaining of numbness and inability to move her legs when she woke

Last week, I told about falling off my mountain bike and making it to the hospital with obviously injured left

A few years ago, I went for a mountain bike ride in the Soquel Demonstration Forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

I am amazed at people who sit in the ED waiting room for hours with some complaint that would not

Skinnier Than Most Prisoners Police cars need to have a way to be able to roll down the back windows

A 22-year-old lady with no medical history presented with lower abdominal pain and shortness of breath. She had been seen

This bike has been leaning against the wall behind the emergency department for weeks. It must have belonged to someone

I looked up and saw a new patient listed on the white board. The complaint written by the nurse was

In the emergency department, I frequently have need to aggressively get control of patients in order to get tests that

My patient was an elderly man who tripped and hit his head in a minor fall. It was only a

I frequently tell people they should stop smoking. To me it is kind of a ridiculous thing to do. Everyone

Globus 1 A man in his mid thirties claimed he repeatedly had food stick in his esophagus. It started ten

I was called to the trauma room in the middle of the night.  The medics were just moving a patient

Last week we did a neck story. Let’s do another this week. A man called 911 and said he stabbed

We see lots of people who harm themselves. The most common ways of doing so are taking an overdose and

All three of our kids had the same kindergarten teacher. Mrs. Goldsmith was great. One of the things I learned

Last week, we did an eyeball case. Let’s do more this week. Exophthalmos is a condition where the eyeballs bulge

I walked into the Accident Room of Charity Hospital in New Orleans. A young man sat in one of the

Pseudocyesis is the medical term for a mental disorder that causes a woman to believe she is pregnant when she

A 35-year-old man came in saying his shoulder became dislocated when he passed out from his sugar going too low.

Early in the morning, a couple brought in their three-week-old baby girl. She was not breathing or moving. We started

I have a couple of stories to tell you that have to do with clothes. Always Fashionable. The first patient

The triage nurse at the front desk makes a brief note of a patient’s chief complaint. Here are a few

Caught His Penis In the Mattress A nineteen-year-old said he cut his penis when he rolled over and caught it

Here are a couple of fun activities I heard about by taking care of patients with less than good judgment.

A forty-three-year-old man was admitted to a different hospital in our community. There, he was found to have abdominal pain

About four o’clock in the morning, we got a ring down for a multiple victim pediatric trauma. That is a

The paramedics who brought in this middle-aged patient said she frequently calls 911 with the same symptoms. This time, however,

An eighty-six-year-old lady came in by ambulance with a report of having passed out at home. When I walked in