Monday, April 11, 2016

Required Reading

Sepsis: A Silent Killer
Until recently, the CDC failed to even mention sepsis in it’s A–Z index of medical terms.
 I will now go bash my head on a wall for a while.


Bonus Article:
Suicide risk can be intercepted in the emergency department
Higher rates of suicidal thoughts in the emergency room.  Can't imagine why....

Oh My Head Hurts Update
Bruce Shisheesh, the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation community, said 11 people attempted to take their own lives on Saturday, prompting him to declare a state of emergency.
He tweeted that the regional Weeneebayko Health Authority was flying in a crisis team, mental health nurses and social workers, and that he was waiting for Ontario's minister of health to deliver more emergency workers to the area.

AYFKM????  Send some fucking doctors!!!!!
Those people are SICK.  You have a real epidemic going on under your noses!!!!!!!