I seriously Laughed My Ass Off reading THIS blog.  No seriously.  It slid down the back of my thighs, did a ski jump off my muscular calves, and landed with a greasy sounding PLOP! on the floor behind me. Seriously. OK, it really just slid off my...

At our facility, the RN's perform the Medical Screening Exam (MSE for short).  An MSE is the initial exam you receive in the ER to determine if your need is emergent or non emergent.  This must be done before any financial information is requested...

Just a quick note to post a link to a new photo blog.  There are some pretty neat pictures at Eastern Oregon Photos. 

If you are diagnosed with a fracture and the ER doc tells you to follow up with an ortho doc, it is NOT our job to arrange that referral for you.  We are busy.  Go to your primary care doc within 1 to 2 days and have their office staff arrange for...

2 years ago these same symptoms would have been called "A Virus" and everyone would have been told to go home and let it run it's course.  Now all of a sudden everyone has "the flu" and is getting rx'd for Tamiflu or hospitalized, sometimes...