As the cold front settles in on Baltimore, the snow begins to fall, and the roads begin to freeze.  On this chilly Friday night,...

It’s incredibly difficult to be a good surgical resident when it’s the exact opposite of anything I self identify with.  Working in the...

The Trauma Resuscitation Unit, or “TRU,” as it’s known, is probably the number one place you don’t want to find yourself after a night of...

CSTARS “Center for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills” is essentially the military’s solution to get Docs, nurses, and medics...

SERE stands for Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape.  Each branch of the military has a school that teaches the fundamentals of...

My first survival school course at Fairchild AFB in Spokane was a one-day course known as “Dunker” training, or underwater helicopter...

For the next several months I’m being submerged into a training pipeline that is designed to get me spun up to the point of being a fully...

For the next several months I’ll be engaging in various training programs with the idea of getting me “spun up” to be a fully functional...

It’s fairly true that life is simplest with the fewest moving parts. This statement couldn’t be truer than with moving from one state to...

Laos is long considered the undiscovered beauty of Southeast Asia. Floating down the Mekong in a two day long flat bottom boat trip its...

If you think about it there is a high probability that you will someday die in the ICU. Unfortunately my month, notably my last two weeks...

The difference between the ICU and the medicine wards is sort of like the difference between making a microwave dinner and preparing a...

Is the answer to the question what I will be when I grow up! Besides last month the last few months haven’t been all that bad. I was on...

If the CCU wasn’t bad enough the way call was set up was down right dangerous, and everyone knew it. If I only to admit CCU patients all...

After a little over a week of night float I’m thankful to report that the first night was by far the worst night. The work load is really...

I never planned to devote to much time in Malaysia, but then again I never really plan. Lodged between Southern Thailand and Indonesia...

So keeping a travel journal is hard enough, updating a blog without having a laptop while on the road is another story. Sorry to anyone...

As I was leaving Bali I managed to have one last adventure. About 35 minutes before my flight to Kuala Lumpur was scheduled to leave I...

The first stop on the two month journey around SE Asia was the Philippines as we were in commute to Bali. We had to fly into Manila,...

For my very last week of med school!! Whoohoo!! I thought I would check out the Behavioral Health unit in the hospital. Palau has one of...