The Emergency Crossroad
Words and thoughts on the state of emergency medicine in the US
Tag: medicine
A Different Kind of Pipeline
A meditation on the failure of emergency medicine when faced with psychiatric crisis
Fear and Loathing in the Pandemic
A meditation on how the pandemic has challenged trust and stoked all manner of fears
One More Step Towards the Cliff
We weren’t prepared. We’re still not prepared.
Taking Care
No one in their right mind would support the thesis that the American healthcare system, as it exists currently, is not in need of immediate and tremendous repair. The disagreement, as it is with so many issues, comes not from a contention over the issue itself but rather what can or should be done to […]
What Doesn’t Kill You …
Over the past 48 hours there has been a significant amount of discussion surrounding an NPR story that says that most pharmaceuticals are safe and effective long after the manufacturer’s expiration date. For those of us who have worked in any retail setting that deals in product freshness and sell-by dates (e.g. supermarkets or pharmacies) […]
Care: Right or Privilege?
In all the discussion, debate and hyperbole surrounding the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and its efforts by reactionary forces in the US Congress to dismantle and/or replace it, there seems to be one issue left out that, I believe, is the core issue in the entire conversation over healthcare in America: is healthcare a […]
Antidote Notes 