I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.

After Emergency Medicine…

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/12/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/12/21

#3 The Wright Stuff: Visiting the Wright Brothers National Memorial

I made a late summer visit to the Wright Brothers Memorial in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There are some valuable lessons about the experiments of the famous brothers, their sister, and the pitfalls of a monument built on a sand dune.

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/7/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/7/21

#2 Nail Trephination – part 2

Revisiting the finger flambe blog post made me remember the very first experience I had, as a patient myself, with nail trephination. I had nearly forgotten about this experience.

Dr. Joan Naidorf 8/29/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 8/29/21

#1. Finger Flambé

This simple bottle of ethyl chloride took me right back to a favorite memory with Tony Dipasquale DO