Herbal medicine and the National Institute of Health
Most of you know by now, that I am simultaneously open and closed to the idea of herbal medications. On the one hand, it is no secret that a substantial […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Hypothermia and cold injuries
As of this writing, if you are living in the eastern half of these United States, chances are you are smack in the middle of the Siberian Express cold spell […]
Rapid trauma assessment – Part III: You need some SOAP
Parts I & II. With the luxury of time, equipment, space, and modern technology, your patient assessment will and should be quite complete. Doc Grouch will focus on the fancy; […]
Quick Post: Get your blood typed
Let’s talk about why it’s good to know your blood type. If the grid is down, and you’re down and in need of a blood transfusion, it’s going to make […]
Tuning fork and a stethoscope: Poor Man’s Xray
Inspired by PA4Ortho, I submit the following: Allow me to briefly don the cape of Captain Obvious, and state that Xray machines are somewhat hard to come by out in […]
Rapid trauma quiz – how we scored
Thanks to everyone for coming over and reading the Rapid Trauma Assessment – Part II. We had great participation in the five question quiz at the end, and we want […]
The scratch test. The resource poor mans ultrasound.
Palpation of the belly for pathology is a fine art. One tool for outlining the solid organs of the belly or detecting large amounts of blood vs air is the […]
Homemade Insulin: Part I
I remember, of course, the day it happened. He was such a young tike, too. Not even a year old. He’d had a fever for the last couple of days, […]
The rapid trauma assessment – Part II
Part I [Skip to the quiz if you’d like] On his way over to Charlie’s, Bill connected with Reggie Hammond, his neighbor from across the street. Reggie and his wife […]
Quick Post: All aboard the FEMA train – the Incident Command System
Now, I know a lot of us on the site have political views that are to the right of Patrick Henry and we get suspicious of anything Federal that comes […]
Hogwarts School of Grid-Down Medicine and Wizardry 