MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com' source. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:49:26 +0100 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/valourit.htm So, somehow I managed to end up being a team leader for the US Marines in the Valour -IT Drive. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, Valour-IT is basically a charity program for our wounded soldiers. What happens is donations are used to pur (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1951668 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:16:00 +0100 1951668 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/233_years.htm That's right. Today the Marine Corps celebrates it's 233rd year of rompin' stompin' death and destruction. This is, in many ways a special year for the Corps. Due to the surge, and it's effectiveness, we are seeing the diminishing (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1946963 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:45:00 +0100 1946963 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/an_open_letter_to_gov_palin.htm I hope that this letter finds you in good spirits, and close family. I have seen this recent spate of slurs flung at you by the McCain staff, and am outraged at them for it. You have my deepest sympathy for this betrayal, and my most heartfelt respec (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1938798 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:55:00 +0100 1938798 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_black_stalin.htm I recently had an exchange with one of my colleagues where I told him that Obama was a Marxist, and he told me that that was just me listening to GOP propaganda. The fact is that I had Obama pegged as a Marxist from very early in the election cycle, (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1926339 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:37:00 +0100 1926339 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/we_wont_be_fooled_again.htm For those of you who may not frequent Russian web sites, This poll should raise more than an occasional eyebrow. Both my wife and I have the same take in it; People who have lived under communism have heard this particular song and dance before, and (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1907525 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:29:00 +0100 1907525 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/hoist_the_jolly_roger_and_start_slitting_throats.htm I stayed a little late last night during my shift to help take care of a patient. Okay, really late. The patient was a 25 year old Marine. He had served multiple deployments in Iraq. He was a loving and devoted husband who married his high school swe (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883224 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:50:00 +0100 1883224 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/begging_for_some_insight.htm As I get closer to finishing my residency training, I have to get cracking on my elective course. I would like to do something in tactical medicine. That being said, it would appear that CONTOMS has evaporated, and so I find myself looking at what I (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1868483 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:47:00 +0100 1868483 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_duality_of_man_sir.htm Being a former Marine, and, in fact, still practicing martial artst, sometimes there are very interesting juxtapositions which occur in clinical practice. I would like to share one with you now.I recently started training again in martial arts. By th (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853530 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:16:00 +0100 1853530 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/with_terror_and_slaughter_return.htm A h/t to the smallest minority for this link to Jerry Pournelle's blogThe more I read Kipling, the more I love his work. I think this is due in no small part to wisdom accrued at dear cost through the injuries and insults of experience. So, havin (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1825298 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:47:00 +0100 1825298 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/famus_lines.htm ...spoken by yours truly in the emergency department.One of our young, hotshot pulmonologists overheard me say this to a minimally responsive patient with pinpoint pupils  while he was evaluating an intubated patient in the next curtain: &n (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1815171 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:02:00 +0100 1815171 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_notsoaverage_shift.htm Last night was one of those nights were I got worked hard, and put up wet, but was actually had a Hell of a time.It was hard, demanding and stressful work, but I actually felt like I was 'living the dream.'To give you an idea of what it was l (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811219 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:56:00 +0100 1811219 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_great_man_has_passed.htm A few days ago, I received a call from my sister to find out that my maternal grandfather had died. I wish I could say that I cried like a man about it. You know; the catch in the voice, the few solitary tears that run down the face, and then you jus (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742642 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:27:00 +0100 1742642 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/i_must_drive_my_dentist_nuts.htm Nothing like some doctor for a patient asking all kinds of questions about how much lidocaine *exactly* he's getting, making side comments on the types of blocks to use, asking about your opinion on this study or that. There is also the sad fact (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1717029 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:56:00 +0100 1717029 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_devil_came_down_to_georgia.htm Domestic-6 and I are in a pretty pessimistic mood these days. We have, for quite some time now, been watching Russia as it slowly backslides into a new tyranny under Putin. We have seen his opponents murder , and his critics silenced . He has made a (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1708797 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:29:00 +0100 1708797 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/not_to_sound_alarmist_but.htm So, if you read some of the Russian blogs in regards to what is going on in Georgia, then there is some scary shit going on. While we are screwing around obsessing with tire pressure trying to make the world a "greener" place, the Russians (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1696016 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:27:00 +0100 1696016 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/wince.htm For the article, go here: Military.comIn a nutshell, some legislative staffers are taking a field trip to Quantico to look at alternatives to the M4/M16. This appears to me to be a way to set up the government to be more willing to change the AR plat (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1652209 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:00 +0100 1652209 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/back_to_the_salt_mines.htm So, I actually was on vacation for the past week here in Texas. It was a wonderful time, and very much enjoyed. In a matter of minutes, I willbe starting the journey back to Detroit. It is shocking how much my stomach knotted up once that really sett (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1596228 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:48:00 +0100 1596228 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/_.htm The SCOTUS hath rendered it's decision and opinion. When I heard the news, the words above (pronounced "krasniye pobyedili") went through my mind. It's what russians say when the good guys win in movies or stories. Roughly translate (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1551203 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:01:00 +0100 1551203 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/hard_slogging.htm I am sorry that I have not been blogging much as of late. The fact of the matter is that I have tons of stuff to do, and there are some tough times ahead. All together things seem to have conspired against me to keep Domestic-6 and myself from enjoyi (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1518565 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:11:00 +0100 1518565 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_link_worth_linking.htm Earn this. Earn it.Hat tip to BlackfiveR/S -doc (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458368 Wed, 21 May 2008 02:48:00 +0100 1458368 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_few_things_i_would_like_to_see.htm I would like to see the US opening Western style Universities in Iraq and Afghanistan. These areas never had a period of enlightenment, and I think that inserting a driving catalyst such as the Classical Education of a liberal arts college, complete (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439372 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:58:00 +0100 1439372 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_big_deecee.htm Well, D-6 and I returned from Washington, DC., andf it was overall a good trip. Unfortunately, we fundamentally lost the first day since our flight was cancelled. Only flight out of Detroit that day that got cancelled. This happened before when D-6 w (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420339 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:25:00 +0100 1420339 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/old_haunts.htm Domestic-6 and I are about to catch a flight out of here. We are headed to Washington, DC. Yes, I know that a lot of people are going to be scratching their heads wondering why I would want to go there. The fact is that I have a secret. I was born in (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1416141 Fri, 02 May 2008 14:22:00 +0100 1416141 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/memeage.htm Since it seems to be circulating to the level at which I will indulge.I copy this from LawDog:1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.2. Find page 123.3. Find the first five sentences.4. Post the next three sentences.5. Tag five people.I am (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1402303 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:02:00 +0100 1402303 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/musical_experiment.htm I am going to try something here. I saw this item in Lt G's website, and really liked it, so I decided to shamelessly tear that particular page out of his playbook and use it myself. So, if you would like ot hear some of the tunes I like to liste (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1393652 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:03:00 +0100 1393652 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_lie_of_multiculturalism.htm SO, I thought that I would vent, let people know that I am still alive, and remark upon some recent eventsSpecifically, I would like to address Barry Obama's recent remarks on people "clinging to their guns" when things aren't going (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1371885 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:46:00 +0100 1371885 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/a_wellregulated_militia.htm Had those four words been omitted from the bill of rights, there would be no gun control debate (probably). As is often lamented and preferentially interpereted, that clause in the second ammendment has caused no small amount of gnashing teeth and sc (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1324870 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:14:00 +0100 1324870 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/sam_mtv_other_things.htm First, let me say that Sam is doing well and continues to improve. Thanks aain to everyone for your thoughts, words, and prayers.Second, while I was speaking with my good friend Moriarty today on the phone, discussing the Heller case in front of SCOT (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1320505 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:42:00 +0100 1320505 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/samurai.htm When I first met my wife, we were both in college. We were both pre-med students at the University of Dallas. We had both gone there because we wanted to be close to our families, and it was a good school. Well, when we started dating, the time came (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1306488 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:29:00 +0100 1306488 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/reliability_and_retirement.htm A couple of things I wanted to talk about.First is the retirment of Adm Fallon. I know that the journalists are sugestinng that the Bush administration is at fault for effectively firing the Admiral allegedly because he disagreed with the administrat (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300210 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:30:00 +0100 1300210 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/ladies_and_gentlemen_id_like_your_attention_please.htm ...I want to introduce you to the newest member of the gun cabinet, and what is, by far, the crown jewel.Allow me to introduce....VERAShe is a 16" midlength AR chambered in 6.5 Grendel, topped off with a nightforce scope, and a few other bells a (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1282173 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:43:00 +0100 1282173 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/odds_and_ends.htm For those of you who did not check comments the fragrance that my wife is foisting on me, that I am appreciating is Mechant loupe. Along the same lines, and the thing which impelled me to post today is that I was reading about the .327 federal cartri (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1247783 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:14:00 +0100 1247783 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/im_not_a_metrosexual_but.htm My wife has been spending a lot of time recently perusing perfumes. It has become something of a hobby for her, recently. Now, in my world, perfume comes somewhere between the mating habits of the Rhodesian fruit fly and the current position of the m (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1197399 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:24:00 +0100 1197399 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/things_you_can_do_to_hack_off_your_emergency_physician.htm Here is just a short compilation of things that seem to get on my nerves every shift, it seems.Not taking gum out of your mouth when I tell you to open wide so that I can see the back of your throat. The only reason I don't want to see you choke (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1191277 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:26:00 +0100 1191277 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_reputation_i_am_getting.htm My Residency program has a nice setup where you spend most of your time in a level I trauma center with a high acuity of medical patients to get that big-city ER feel, but you also rotate at a smaller affiliated hospital where you get more of the sma (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173006 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:38:00 +0100 1173006 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_report.htm So, I got a chance to go to the range today, and boy, did I enjoy it. I actually wasn't just going for fun, but it was all fun. There were a few objectives I had in mind when I went out to the double action indoor range. First, I just wanted to r (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1150609 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:52:00 +0100 1150609 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/gun_manufacturer_shoots_self_in_foot.htm I have been putting together a 6.5 Grendel rfile over the past... oh ... year or so (and it is still not done). Recently, I had a little bit of buyers remorse since I had bought an Alexander Arms 16" upper, and then found out later that Robinson (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1139645 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:49:00 +0100 1139645 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_drugseeking_patient.htm This is not a subject that I have talked about much before except in passing. It is one of the difficulties in working in emergency medicine. It is the drug-seeking patient. These are often some of the most infuriating and resource draining pati (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067640 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:20:00 +0100 1067640 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/coming_home.htm The other day, I was at work, and I happened to have an excuse to check my eMail. I had received an eMail from my sister in the sandbox. She talked about coming home and her date of return. Then, unbidden and unwelcome, I could feel tears welling up (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1064128 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:24:00 +0100 1064128 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/happy_thanksgiving_folks.htm I want to take a few moments to wish everyone well, and a happy thanksgiving.I am thankful for so many things. For my incredible wife. For my family. For my sister's looming return from the sandbox. For good friends that have enriched my life.Unf (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1045901 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:27:00 +0100 1045901 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/yeah_didnt_see_that_one_coming.htm I have to tip my hat to Grim and Cassandra for this one... Your Inner European is Russian! Mysterious and exotic.You've got a great balance of danger and allure. Who's Your Inner European? Although this particular test was gear (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1045028 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:09:00 +0100 1045028 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/range_day_1.htm On Sunday, I went out to the range. It was a very exciting day. I had been waiting for months for the 6.5 mm upper to arrive, and after it had, I put it all together.  It was going to be the inaugural shooting of this rifle. Now, to be perfectly (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1019966 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:40:00 +0100 1019966 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/232_years.htm Before I rush off to work, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to my fellow Marines, present and former, and wish everyone a happy 232nd BirthdaySEMPER FI! (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018770 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:40:00 +0100 1018770 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/thank_god_thats_over.htm Well, yesterday, I finally finished my stint in the Surgical ICU. I hated the whole experience, and there is nothing more that needs to be said, except that it is becoming more and more clear to me that surgery residents do not know as much as they t (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=917857 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:03:00 +0100 917857 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/not_so_living_the_dream.htm Yes, Iknow, I have been awfull quiet recently. Some of it due to lack of internet access, most of it due to the fact thqat I am now in the latter half of of an ICU double header whereby I spent last month in the mmedical ICU, and this month in the su (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=853093 Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:55:00 +0100 853093 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/livin_the_dream.htm So, I recently had a really good day. I got up and went to work, same as usual. Rounded on patients, and got ready to see consults (I am in the ICU for the next month). Well, sure enough, we get a page for a consult, and go over to see it. It's a (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=778464 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:16:00 +0100 778464 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/adventures_in_moving.htm I had a Hell of a time getting up here from Texas with my wife. Where to begin...First, we had rented a car carrier to transport Domestic-6's car up here. When we showed up at the public storage place to pick it up, the guy behind the counter was (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=764693 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:45:00 +0100 764693 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/the_shady_side_of_doctors.htm Well, I had a new and unwelcome experience the other day. I was getting ready to go to a wine tasting event sponsored by financial managers (yeah, I know; the thankless life of a doctor), when I received a call. It was a call from the senior resident (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=734784 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 15:58:00 +0100 734784 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/back_up_and_running.htm Finally got the internet hooked back up. It only took weeks longer than anticipated.btw, I would like to extend Comcast a huge "GO F$Ck YOURSELVES!" for giving me the runaround for weeks getting me set up for access, only to continually fai (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733418 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 04:51:00 +0100 733418 http://bloodletting.blog-city.com/last_day_as_an_intern.htm Well, this wonderful thing is fixing to happen here in another couple of days. I am going to move up the ranks and become a full resident. There is a fresh class of interns waiting to fill our shoes (and judging by my own slef, that should not be dif (Source: Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com) Latest entries from bloodletting.blog-city.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=702999 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:51:00 +0100 702999