Did it ever happened to you to find yourself at the right place at the right time.I was working in triage the other day, and I had to hand out a pamphlet to a patient before his discharge.But i couldn't find any so i went to the acute care section where i new there would be some. As soon as i enter the section i see a patient completely grey, non-responsive, and not hooked to the cardiac monitor. I find his nurse to know what's his baseline and we quickly realize that the patient was in…See More

Last week a colleague of mine told me that at the hospital where we work there was a black out, and to make things better, the generator caught on fire. For 1/2 hour, while they tried to repair the generators, the medical staff had to work in total darkness. Fortunately it happened at 4 pm and so the sunlight made it easier for everybody except a section in the emergency department (acute care unit) where there are no windows. People had to work with flashlights, all intubated patients had to…See More

Everytime i think i've seen it all: machete attacks between 2 neighboors, 4 teeangers being thrown through a store window by a car while walking on the sidewalk, there's something new happening reminding me there are more stupid people out there doing stupid violent things. Last friday the 13th i get 2 injured men who were part of a bar fight. One decides to bite off the other guy's finger and ear and of course stab him 3 times on the back, while being punched on the head and stabbed in return…See More