Hospital Confessions

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When Cannabis Makes You Projectile Vomit
This phenomenon appears to be on the rise—and research suggests an improbable treatment involving hot sauce helps.
Darragh O’Carroll, MD
4.18.17
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ER Doctors Are Bringing Patients Back From the Dead
Using a machine from the 1950s.
Darragh O’Carroll, MD
3.30.17
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Terror, Shipwreck, Guns: 24 Hours in a Karachi Ambulance
Who would risk their safety to tend to the injured in a city caught between poverty and violence?
Samira Shackle
3.21.17

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Why Ketamine Is the Best Drug on Earth
An emergency-room doctor explains why he routinely sticks his patients in the K-hole.
Darragh O’Carroll, MD
3.1.17
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When There's Nothing More Your Doctor Can Do
Every shift in the ER can offer a chilling reminder of your own mortality. One doctor takes us inside a patient's final minutes.
Frank Huyler, MD
11.23.16