Stories from the trauma bay

Many of my patients happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Like the fine young gentleman covered in gang tattoos who was surely...

After reading about how I talk bluntly (and sometimes appropriately harshly) to my patients, you might just think I talk to all of my patie...

I think most people have heard the old adage you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar.  In my line of work, it mostly applies to th...

Where can you learn how to drink like a professional, party your ass off and sleep until 2 PM, figure out how to stuff all your classes from...

Even though I've been driving for several decades, I will confess that I barely have a clue about how an internal combustion engine work...

The most common operation I perform (by far) is an appendectomy.  I make a 1 cm (that's less than 1/2 inch - ok, that's the abs...

It never ceases to amaze me what patients will allow me to do to them under the influence of anaesthesia.  I have to take you apart, fix y...