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- Back in Black by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 15, 2009
After checking the patient's observations and refitting his oxygen mask, the nurse heard the patient ask: "Are my testicles black?"...
- A Pinch and a Punch by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 6, 2009
She lay on the trauma bed staring at the ceiling, wondering where she was.
- The Shrinking Feet of the Man from Malawi by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 3, 2009
Mr J had traveled across the border to Zambia from Malawi. He had been admitted to hospital overnight. The brief admission note showed that he was in his thirties and had three presenting complaints: (1) “hungry” (2) “shrinking feet” and (3)...
- Understanding Alcoholism by Life in the Fast Lane on Nov 1, 2009
The drunken vervet monkeys of St. Kitts provide us humans with a spooky parallel - some are tee-totalers but "5% drink to the last drop"...
- A Change in Condition by Life in the Fast Lane on Oct 28, 2009
It is easy to forget the growing pains of the student-to-doctor metamorphosis. For me, the once vague notion of becoming a doctor was made real when I traveled to Zambia to work on the wards of St. Francis Hospital (SFH) in Katete...
- Forgetting the Unforgettable II by Life in the Fast Lane on Oct 21, 2009
The man did not respond. No amount of verbal persuasion could make him lift his eyelids and the only noises he made were incomprehensible groans. He moved only to push away his loved ones and the hospital staff trying to look after him. His wife sai...
- Do you know John Hunter? by Life in the Fast Lane on Sep 19, 2009
The house officer looked at the light box and thought of the elderly physician resting in bed across the corridor. Despite two previous chest drains, a pneumothorax persisted around the left lung. To make matters worse, one of the holes in the side o...
