The Emergiblog Blogroll

My Blog Parents

• Hugh Hewitt
• James Lileks

Everyone Has A Link To Glenn

• Instapundit

Professional Organization

• Emergency Nurses Association
• California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

When It Happens To You

• Diabetes Mine
  A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes
• Six Until Me
  Diabetes doesn’t define me, but it helps explain me.
• The American Diabetes Association
  Cure. Care. Commitment.
• The American Heart Association
  Learn and Live.
• The Power Stuttering Center
  Professional Stuttering Therapy and Products for Adults and Children

Nurses of the Blogosphere

• 5 West Nursing
  The 5 West innovative communication board! Real nurses getting real! Really.
• A Nurse Practitioner's View
  … current issues, trends and policies affecting Nurse Practitioners…
• A Place I Call Home
  All about a city girl gone smalltown.
• Adventures of GuitarGirl RN
• AJN Off the Charts
  The Offical Blog of the American Journal of Nursing
• ANS: Advances in Nursing Science Blog
  Advancing Scholarly Discourse
• At Your Cervix
• Barefoot Nurse
  A little blog about nursing, clinical excellence, patient advocacy and other stuff
• Blissful Entropy
  …not just a blog, it’s a state of mind.
• BSN Degree
  Kaitlyn Answers Your Questions About Getting a Bachelor of Science in Nursin
• Caffeine and Xanax
  New RN starting her career on a cardio-thoracic telemetry step down unit
• Call Bells Make Me Nervous
  Nursing insights from a student perspective.
• Code Blog
  Tales of a nurse
• crzegrl.net
  Life and Times of a Flight Nurse
• Digital Doorway
  A digital venue for creative expression
• EDNurseasauras, Still in the Trenches
• Exit 95 on the Yellowbrick Road
• Geriatric Nursing
• Girl In Greenwood
  …starting work at a Big County Hospital.
• Head Nurse
  Brain on the top, spine down the back
• ImpactED Nurse
  No fluff/No Guff/No Duff
• In Our Own Words: Medscape Nurses
• It Shouldn’t Happen In Health Care
  My reflection on the funny side of the consulting room door and a hint at life in general.
• Life and Times of a L&D Nurse
• Life in the NHS
  Nurse, manager, wife and mum: in short, a busy life!
• Lost on the Floor
  Tales of a (new) nurse
• Madness: Tales of an Emergency Room Nurse
  The adventures of a veteran emergency nurse in an inner city ER
• March of the Platypi
  An infinite continuum of WTF? moments
• Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer
  Join me as I write about the newest in health and safety news
• Medic/Nurse’s Blog
• Medscape Nurses: From the Editor
• Meow
• Miss Nickie
• Miss-Elaine-ious RN
  A new grad emergency nurse with some things on her mind.
• My Blog
  OB nursing, family, Florida, etc
• My Strong Medicine
  Navigating through life as a Nurse, staying Fit and staying Strong
• New Nurse in the Hood
• New Nurse Insanity: Fundus Chop!
  Moving beyond the realm of theoretically knowing how to not kill a patient to actually not killing them…
• New Nurse Jane
• Nursapalooza
• Nurse in Australia
  Perspectives of an Australian Emergency Nurse…
• Nurse Practitioners in Business
  Resources for NPs in Business
• Nurse Ratched’s Place
  Sanity is madness put to good use. George Santayana.
• NurseNRecovery
  Providing help and hope for those suffering from addiction.
• Nurses PTO
  Making Your Time Off, Pay Off
• Nursetopia
  A Random Stream of Consciousness About Nursing & the World We Impact
• Nursing Around
  Take a peek at the world of the professional carer
• Nursing Comments
  Articles are written by Stephanie Jewett, RN, MBA. I hope to provide input for patients, caregivers, other nurses and the general public.
• Nursing Influence
  Topics That Influence Nurses & The Influence Nurses Have On The Community
• Nursing POV: Blog Community From Advance
• Nursing Research: Show Me the Evidence!
• Nursing Student Chronicles
  Nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare.
• NursingLink
  Where Nurses Call the Shots
• On Your Meds: Straight Talk About Medication Safety
• oncRN
  Exploring a life shaped by oncology nursing
• Orphie, The Wonder Dog
• phil baumann /*rn*/
  Improvement through health 2.0
• PixelRN
  Nurse + blog
• raecatherine almost on the water
  Almost on the water
• Raspberry Stethoscope
• RehabRN
  The daily fun and excitement from the perspective of an RN working in a Midwestern rehab hospital
• Running Wildly
  Running wildly through life with freedom and childlike abandon
• Safety Dog's Blog
  Keep barking! Your ideas might save a life!
• Shauna’s Life in Pain and Other Fun Things
  This Blog revolves around my Life in Chronic Pain
• Sinus Arrythmia
  Welcome to my working world. It’s basically sinus, but anything but regular rhythm
• Tales of a School Zoned Nurse
  You can’t make this stuff up.
• The Doctor Stole My Stethoscope
• The Makings of a Nurse
  How I landed where I began…
• The Man-Nurse Diaries
  Nursing School Edition
• The Nurse Manifest Blog
  Commentary and Discussion
• The Nurse Practitioner’s Place
  Information relevant to nursing practice
• The Nursing Show
  For Nurses, By Nurses
• The Nursing Site Blog
  The Nursing Site Blog is for nurses, student nurses, and those who want to become nurses.
• The Underside of Nursing
  Just start reading anywhere – you won’t be disappointed!
• This Won’t Hurt a Bit
  A slightly neurotic nurse and her blog.
• Under the Mosquito Net
  International nursing, health care, shamanism and other out-of-country adventures.
• Weird Nursing Tales
  Every day worked in the Float Pool is an adventure, from life-saving moments to the absurd.

Student Nurses of the Blogosphere

• Kisses and Compliments
  No matter how hard things may seem, the diamond in your soul is harder.
• The D-Log Cabin
  I’m an EMT, work retail(for the health insurance), and am working towards my RN degree.

Patients of the Blogosphere

• 2Sides@Ron
  Memories, poetry and observations from an HIV positive gay man living in the heart of North Carolina.
• A Chronic Dose
  A twenty-something writer’s take on balancing multiple chronic conditions–the good, the bad, and the humorous.
• A Shot in the Dark
• Brass and Ivory
  Welcome to Brass and Ivory where discussions of health policy and big pharma are sprinkled with a little multiple sclerosis and music.
• BreathinStephen
  The tribulations and triumphs of a severely asthmatic endurance athlete and wannabe racewalker
• Bugs, Bikes and Brains
  Thoughts of a myelin challenged woman.
• Chronicbabe
  For Babes, who just happen to have chronic illness…
• Dancing With Pain
• Dream Mom
  A midwest mom shares and reflects on the love for her Dear Son and the challenges of everyday life with a severly disabled teenager and life in general
• elle est belle la seine la seine elle est belle
  “It is beautiful, the Seine, the Seine it is beautiful.”
• HealthyConcerns.com
  Health care from the patient’s point of view
• How Can I Keep From Singing?
• IBS Tales: Stories of IBS
  Personal tales of irritable bowel syndrome
• Josie King Foundation
  Creating a culture of patient safety, together
• Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Articles, links, and tips for people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related illnesses.
• Medicine, Animals and a Dream
  Scramblings of a former housewife on the here, the now and the dreams allowed to slip by, and why, sometimes, it just doesn’t matter.
• Multiple Sclerosis Central.com
• My Favourite Number
  Diabetes, celiac and the rest of my life
• Putting Our Heads Together
  Educational, support and advocacy information for those who suffer from headaches and Migraine disease.
• Second Chance to Live
  You are a Gift to your World!
• Shauna’s Life in Pain and Other Fun Things
  This Blog revolves around my Life in Chronic Pain
• Somebody Heal Me
  News, info, experiences with migraines and chronic pain.
• Tales of Rachel
• The Adventures of An Awesome (Sometimes) Mom
• The Butter Compartment
  A LIfetime of Type 1 Diabetes: War, Peace, and My Mission to Help and Inspire Others
• The Migraine Page
• The Multiple Sclerosis Companion
  A diary from the Little Pond
• The Pink Teeshirt
  Ramblings and ventings
• Undiagnosed Illness
  My personal story of living with an undiagnosed illness

Doctors of the Blogosphere

• Aggravated DocSurg
• Angry Doctor
• Better Health
• Blogborygmi
  Developments in the life of an emergency medicine resident
• Borneo Breezes
• Clinical Cases and Images
• Cutting Through the Crap
• DB’s Medical Rants
  Contemplating medicine and the health care system
• Doc Gurley
  Posts from an Insane Healthcare System
• Doctor Grumpy in the House
  A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
• Dr. David’s Blog
  Musings of a Pediatric Oncologist
• Dr. Deborah Serani
  Psychological Perspectives
• Dr. Ottematic
  A (soon to be) Canadian Family Practice Resident tries to stay afloat
• Dr. Shock MD PhD
  A neurostimulating blog
• Dr. Wes
  Musings in the life of an internist, cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
• Dr.Pullen.com
  A Medical Blog for the Informed Patient
• EverythingHealth
  EverythingHealth is designed to address the rapid changes in Science, Medicine, Health and Healing
• Feet First
  Musings from the Disenchanted Doctor
• FreshMD
  Medical and domestic progress notes
• Gardner’s Gate
  A view of the healthcare landscape from the viewpoint of a worker.
• GlassHospital
  Demystifying Medicine One Week at a Time
• Grunt Doc
  Ramblings of an emergency physician in Texas
• Happy Internist
• Howard J. Luks, MD Journal
  Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Knee and Shoulder Replacement
• In My Humble Opinion
  A primary care physician’s thoughts on medicine and life.
• Kevin, MD
  Medical Weblog
• MD Whistleblower
• Med Valley High
  Want to know what the life of a medical resident is really like?
• Medical Lessons
  ?on patients, doctors, information and some ideas they might share?
• MedPage Today
  PUTTING BREAKING MEDICAL NEWS INTO PRACTICE
• Mental Notes
  A psychiatrist blog about mental health, mental illness, developmental disabilities?and this & that
• Michael C. Hebert, MD – Journal
  Internal medicine, pediatrics and philosophy
• Midwife With a Knife
  The life and times of a young old-fashioned obstetrician.
• Mothers in Medicine
  Mothers in Medicine is a group blog by physician-mothers…
• Movin’ Meat
  The accidental blog of a semi-accidental ER doc living in the Pacific Northwest.
• Mr. Hassel’s Long Underpants
  This blog is about my life and perspective of medicine by a traveling, biking, birding, cat loving ER physician.
• Musings of A Dinosaur
  A Family Doctor in solo private practice; I may be going the way of the dinosaur, but I’m not dead yet.
• Notes From Dr. RW
  A hospitalist in Northwest Arkansas
• Notes of an Anesthesioboist
  Wherein an adult student of oboe chronicles her adventures in music, medicine, and faith, and other stories…
• Ob/Gyn Kenobi
  That’s oh-be-GUY-n, not oh-be-GIN….
• Odysseys of George
  As life cruises along
• On the Wards
  Blogging from the trenches of medicine
• Other Things Amanzi
  the thoughts of a surgeon in the notorious province of mpumalanga, south africa.
• Pediatric Dentistry
  A Blog Dedicated to Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics And Especially the Friends and Patients of Alabama Pediatric Dental Associates and Orthodontics
• Pediatrics Now
• PegSpot
  Creative nonfiction writings and ruminations of a Family Physician
• RangelMD
• Reflections in a Head Mirror
• Respectful Insolence
  The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine,quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory
• Scan Man
  Random noise, nebulous views & artifacts
• StorytellERdoc
  A peek behind the curtain…
• Sumer’s Radiology Site
• Suture for a Living
  I am a plastic surgeon in Little Rock, AR. I may “suture for a living”, but I “live to sew”.
• Symtym
  Meandering medicine, law, technology
• Tech Medicine
  Technology in Medicine
• That Mirror Belongs to Frank
  A little bit of this and a little bit of that
• The Blog That Ate Manhattan
  Food, considerations and second opinions
• The Cockroach Catcher
  Reflections of a Child Psychiatrist
• The Covert Rationing Blog
  Healthcare rationing: where even angels fear to tread
• The Doctor Is In
  A physician looks at medicine, religion, politics, pets, & passion in life
• The Ferret Fancier
  An inquisitive take on the world that has real claws
• The Happy Hospitalist
  I See You
• The Jobbing Doctor
  The Jobbing Doctor is a GP working in a large industrialised conurbation outside of London. He is now blogging regularly as it is good for his blood pressure.
• The Tree of Life
  Blog of Jonathan A. Eisen, evolutionary biologist, Open Access advocate, Professor at UC Davis and Academic Editor in Chief of PLoS Biology.
• The Underwear Drawer
  The online journal of an Anesthesiology resident in New York City
• Your ER Doc
  Emergency room stories and answers to your medical questions

Student Doctors of the Blogosphere

• Anatomy on the Beach
  A medical student studying in the Caribbean.
• Goofy Girl Blog
  I plan to go into ob/gyn, and see where life takes me.
• I Am Not A Drain On Society
  By the time I finish (in 2011!) I will have been in full time education for 23 years (university for 9 alone). Depressing isn’t it….
• JefferyMD.com
  My journey through medical school.
• Medskool
  The Journey to and Through
• monash medical student
  an ex-tank commander once trained to kill, now learns how to heal with the science & art of medicine & surgery in 3rd year med school
• My Life, My Pace
  An MD/PhD student’s take on school, lab, LIFE
• Of Ditziness and Med School!
  this blog is a tribute to her patients and funny incidents in hospital, who always make her laugh
• Premed Journey
• ScienceRoll
  A medical student’s journey inside genetics and medicine through web 2.0
• The Daily Life of a Med School Student
  a.k.a “It’s 2 AM and I’m looking at urine outputs.”
• The Differential
  Medscape Med Students

On the Frontlines-Paramedics

• Drug Induced Hallucinations
• Life in Manch Vegas
  My observations and ruminations about life in Manchester, NH, and beyond.
• Life Under the Lights
  This blog is about the the Emergency Medical Services, and one paramedic’s quest to make it into the profession that it deserves to be.
• Meat in the Seat
  A Look at the Wild Woolliness of EMS in the South and of Life in General.
• Medic/Nurse’s Blog
• Pink, Warm and Dry
• Random Acts of Reality
  Trying to kill as few people as possible…
• Rogue Medic
  Paramedic thoughts about things that maybe we aren’t supposed to question.
• Siren Voices
  Siren Voices is a record of the people and situations that I come across in my role as EMT with an ambulance service in the UK.
• Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic
• The MedicCast
  A Podcast for Medics
• Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire
  Paramedicine, politics, guns, a little Country Western music.
• Trauma Queen
  No…really…you’re not that sick…
• U.K. Street Medic
• You Called 911…For This?
  Stories From the World of Modern Emergency Services

Medical Bloggers of Interest

• A Blog Around the Clock
  chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution
• Addicted to Medblogs
  I can’t look away.
• Bioethics Discussion Blog
  Ethics is all about doing the right thing.
• Biomedicine on Display
  Our aim is to promote a wide public engagement with contemporary biomedicine.
• Canadian Medicine
  News and Views from the Editors of the Parkhurst Exchange
• Child Psych
• Disruptive Women in Healthcare
• Every Patient’s Advocate
  Patient empowerment, advocacy, medical consumerism and tools to navigate the dysfunction of American health care.
• Everyone Needs Therapy
  This social work blog reflects my multi-disciplinary scholarship, academic degrees, and all kinds of letters after my name to make me feel big.
• Eye on DNA
  How will it change your life?
• Gay Lesbian Medical Association
  The leader in LGBT health for 25 years
• Health Business Blog
  Focusing on business issues in health care.
• Health Care Law Blog
  Keeping an eye on health care law. Thoughts and comments on the health care industry, privacy, security, technology and other odds and ends.
• Heart Strong
  Your Jump Start to a Healthy Heart
• Hospital Impact
  What will it take for our hospitals to be the best run organizations on the face of the planet?
• In Sickness and in Health
  …a place for couples going though an illness experience – to find resources and advice, hear stories, and discover support
• InsureBlog
  Insurance Issues, Principles and Solutions
• Interested-Participant
• Joy in the Journey
  Finding grace and contentment on the path of life
• Junkfood Science
  Critical examinations of studies and news on food, weight, health and healthcare that mainstream media misses
• Laika’s MedLibLog
  A medical librarians exploration of the web 2.0 world and beyond.
• MedFriendly
  Where medical information is easy to understand
• Medical Pastiche
  (noun) a kind of pie made of many different ingredients
• Merv Sheppard’s Transplant Network
• Pallimed
  A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog
• Respiratory Therapy 101
  Just keep breathing…
• Rickety Contrivances of Doing Good
  Science Fiction. Progressive Christianity. And Other Improbable Optimisms.
• Running a Hospital
  A blog started by a CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about hospitals, medicine, and health care issues.
• Safe Kids Worldwide
• Sarah’s Musings
  Midwifery, Education, Web 2.0 and Mentoring.
• See First
  Insights into the uncertain world of healthcare
• Shrink Rap
  Dinah, ClinkShrink, & Roy introduce Shrink Rap: a blog by Psychiatrists for Psychiatrists
• Supporting Safer Healthcare
  Formerly MSSP Nexus
• Surviving Respiratory Therapy School
  Tales of a trauma junkie
• Terra Sigillata
  Medicines from the Earth
• The Foot Blog
• The Tree of Life
  Blog of Jonathan A. Eisen, evolutionary biologist, Open Access advocate, Professor at UC Davis and Academic Editor in Chief of PLoS Biology.
• Tundra Medicine Dreams
  Bush medicine, dog mushing, and tundra life..
• Whitterer on Autism
  Coffee breaks in Cyberspace For when you want something short and sweet, but light on saccharin [translation = Aspartame]
• Women’s Health News
  Women’s health topics, news, policy, and resources from a medical librarian
• Your Pharmacist May Hate You
  The answer as to why your prescription takes so damn long to fill…..

Off-Duty Blogs

• BernThis.com
  Stories of a neurotic woman’s journey through her weekly visits to her therapist.
• BlogHer
  The community for women who blog. You say it. We Share it.
• Citizen of the Month
  Pledging Allegiance to the Web
• Deb on the Rocks
  When you are between a rock and a hard place, rock it harder!
• Free Range Kids
• Jeff Scott Soto
  God’s gift…’nuff said!
• Kasey Kahne
  Young enough to be my son, cute enough that I don’t care!
• Megan's Minute
  Quirky Commentary Around the Clock
• Mel, A Dramatic Mommy
  A Little Bit of Drama Every Day
• Momicillin
  An antidote to everyday motherhood.
• Mommy Needs Coffee
  “You must stay drunk on writing so reality will not destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury
• NASCAR.com
  Let’s go racin’, boys!
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish Official Athletic Site
  And there’s a magic in the sound of their name, here come the Irish of Notre Dame
• ordinaryartblog.com
  Come Get Drunk Off the Written Word
• Pretty Babies
• Queen of Quirky
  Address? Where I’m From, We Don’t Need One.
• Ruth Pennebaker
• Snapshots of Life
  …in pictures and words
• Stimeyland
  A travelogue of the land of Stimey
• Sweet/Salty
• Taste Food
  A culinary journey beginning and ending at the kitchen table
• The Bean
  Crushed ice is one of those things you don’t realize how much you love until it’s gone.
• The Black Snob
  Politics. Pop Culture and Pretentiousness
• The Boomer Chronicles
• The Fabulous Geezersisters’ Weblog
  Two sisters in their 50s — one in Poland, the other in Texas — take on the world. Again
• The Junk Pyramid
  Six servings a day of decluttering
• Travel Savvy Mom
  Where to Stay When You Go
• What Would Emily Post Do?
  Anna Post on Modern Manners
• Woman's Issues – All About Women
  Linda’s Women’s Issues Blog
• XpatAdventures
  Because Not All Who Wander Are Lost
• Zakka Life
  …thrifty, crafty, and resourceful.