KevinMD January 5, 2026
In basketball, when a player is called for a questionable foul, he may shrug and say: “Ball don’t lie.”
It means the game has a truth of its own. Reality asserts itself. Emergency medicine, unfortunately, rarely works that way.
We once spent most of our time with patients. Now a substantial portion of every shift is spent interacting with a screen, not because we prefer it, but because the system has evolved that way.
In a single hour, I may be prompted to:
- Screen patients
- Answer multiple EMS medical-control calls
- Sign several EKGs within strict time frames
- Acknowledge alerts for fall risk, recent discharges, or elopement risk
- Complete medication reconciliation
- Adjust plans due to drug shortages
- Address a required...
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