Funny Hospital Signs – Demerol Free Zone
Posted by Dun Tzu on the July 5th, 2010
Saw this sign in a hospital hallway, just outside the ER.
Demerol-Free Zone… not to be confused with Free Demerol Zone.
Naturally, I turned around and left.
Medical Cartoons – Finding Pneumo
Posted by Dun Tzu on the July 1st, 2010
Medical educators update their materials to mirror the familiar educational videos of childhood for the current student:
- Finding Pneumo
- Blue’s Wheezes
- Dora the Practionora
- Mickey’s Observation Unit
- Curious George and the Cirrhotic Man
- Ten Patients About to Drop – Time Management from Dr. Suess
- Beauty and the Yeast
- Conflict resolution with Bert and Ernie
BLS Humor – How Not To Do Chest Compressions
Posted by Dun Tzu on the June 22nd, 2010I saw this Basic Life Support Manual on a student’s desk.
I thought it was funny when 3 or 4 people stood around trying to decipher the graphic on the cover. I’m just hoping this guy was a drowning victim or someone with severe trauma… either way, not the best graphic to use for students.
Foley Humor for Decreasing Catheter-Related Infection
Posted by Dun Tzu on the April 20th, 2010It’s a shameless plug, but hey, this is my blog…
The fact is, medical humor can be a valuable tool in your hospital Quality Improvement initiatives. This “Got Foley?” medical humor sign reminds staff about the importance of prompt removal of Foley catheters to decrease the likelihood of catheter-associated infection. And it does so in a fun way…
Check it out:
Although there are some great gifts at the GiggleMed store, you’re completely pathetic if if you’re considering these bad boys for Mothers Day or Fathers Day… I want no part of it.
Funny Medical Orders Added To Our Chart Farts® Collection
Posted by Dun Tzu on the March 27th, 2010As you know from all of the other references on this site and at ChartFarts.com, a chart fart is a medical blooper written or said or entered into a computer by doctors, nurses, techs, patients, etc.
Well, when I was first called about this medical chart blooper, I laughed out loud (real LOL, not just texting it or tweeting it). The attending covering this patient noticed that an intern had written “EKG after each BM” in the admission orders.
I asked him for a copy of it and before receiving the copy, I posted it on Twitter. And as usual, I made a snide comment after it in parentheses. I said “If you really want to tick off the nurses, order that with some kayaxelate”.
Well, here’s the original order…
… complete with the kayaxelate order… Doh!
EHR Use Skyrockets With Use of Healthcare Super Heroes?
Posted by Dun Tzu on the March 22nd, 2010
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You want real healthcare reform? How about making subjects like anatomy, physiology, hematology, and pharmacology fun and memorable?… like this EHR did with the first in a line of Healthcare Heroes. Do you realize how easy it is to remember what Basophil Man does? I mean… all you have to do is remember his super powers and kablammo… you remember the physiology. And it’s cake to remember the battles of Lymph Man and Atypical Lymph Man… Atypical Lymph Man is like the Bizarro of the Healthcare Industry. And, how conscious would we all be of infection if hospital gowns included Band Man Under-roos for anyone with a Foley or a central line? |
Healthcare Professional Hypochondriasis Exacerbated By “Cute” Doodles
Posted by Dun Tzu on the March 10th, 2010
So… my daughter has a very cute habit of drawing pictures and leaving them on my desk for when I get home. Very cute… until lately… when I started to see all of the medical disorders these renditions of Daddy had embedded in them.
Like this one (above)… It’s cute… it’s funny… until you see that (a) I’m obese, (b) I have a DVT, (c) I have a right facial droop, (d) probable sleep apnea, and (e) a frozen shoulder. Oh… and I probably have gas.
Yeesh… kids these days. I blame the internet.
Nursing Humor – “I Don’t Know… I’m Agency”
Posted by Dun Tzu on the February 19th, 2010|
I just posted a funny nursing humor book – Hello Agency Nurse. I know I’m going to ruffle a few feathers with this one, but oh, well. This 28-page, full-color nursing humor text that pokes fun at that all-too-common excuse, “I’m Agency”. The story is written like those simple, “See Jane run”-type books… but instead is all about an agency nurse’s shift in a hospital. Funny stuff and a perfect gift. Just click I love nursing humor – Check out Hello Agency Nurse here. |
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Your Picture Next To “Guaiac” In The Dictionary?
Posted by Dun Tzu on the January 27th, 2010Dude… not how I’d want to be remembered…
I was looking up “hemoccult stool” in Google Images for my next blog post, and this guy was on page 2.
Medical Humor – Is Male-Pattern Baldness Infectious?
Posted by Dun Tzu on the January 24th, 2010Sure… call me strange… but when I was perusing the latest issue of ACP Hospitalist, I came across a photo from a recent IDSA Conference.
IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America), of course, is a well-respected organization of healthcare professionals devoted to patient care, education, research, public health, and prevention relating to infectious diseases.
Well, I wondered as I looked at the audience in this photo…
What’s up with all of the baldness and receding hairlines in the ID crowd?
(Not that there’s anything wrong with that…)
PS – I blurred out the faces because nothing screams “LAWSUIT!” more than bunch of angry, bald doctors.
