Archive for February, 2010

Second Helping – Grey’s Anatomy shows patient waking up from anesthesia

February 7, 2010Dr. Kona No Comments »

So here’s the follow up to my original post about the Grey’s Anatomy episode that we all found so shocking.  I’ve posted a clip courtesy of You Tube below.  It’s just the first 8 minutes, but fast forward to minute 1:32 to start the drama! As it turns out, the patient has a mutation in [...]

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Spoiled Milk

February 4, 2010Dr. Kona No Comments »

This just in – anesthesiologists get bad rap courtesy of tonight’s episode of Gray’s Anatomy.  The show opens with a woman having a large abdominal surgery who becomes very tachycardic while her anesthesiologist is reading a magazine.  She is shown moving her head and blinking her eyes – indicating that she is indeed awake during [...]

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Formalin, the flavor of the day. Stony Brook MD posts cadaver picture on Facebook.

February 2, 2010Dr. Kona No Comments »

The Boston Herald reported today that an emergency medicine resident at Stony Brook University Medical Center in Long Island posted an inappropriate picture to her Facebook page.  The photo is of a fellow classmate smiling and giving two thumbs up over a cadaver.  The picture was taken while the two were medical students at Stony [...]

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Fast Brew. Acceleration/Deceleration Injuries

February 1, 2010Dr. Kona No Comments »

Just thought I’d jump on the Toyota recall bandwagon and post a little something on acceleration/deceleration injuries. First, a little about the news topic. Toyota has been dealing with recalls for several models of their 2009 and 2010 line of vehicles. We first heard of this issue several months ago. We have seen and heard [...]

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