Subject:

Emergency Medicine

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Colorado Street Medics don't diagnose, but they do fall under Good Samaritan laws

    Colorado Street Medics, subject of this week's feature, "Medic!," are protected by Good Samaritan laws, but their practice only goes so far: They will rinse out your eyes post-pepper spray, bandage your cuts, offer you sun-screen, keep you awake for your concussion and splint your limbs, but they wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Charles Tuft, R.I.P.: Emergency doctor dies on Vail Mountain's opening day

    Charles Tuft.​For the most part, skiing is safe. But sometimes, tragedies can occur even when folks engaging in one of Colorado's signature pastimes take the recommended precautions. Case in point: The Friday death on Vail Mountain of Dr. Charles Tuft, a 62-year-old who appears to have done e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Mane Rok tackles police brutality from a different angle on the video for "This One's"

    Make up by the GeneralUpdate (7/25/11): Full video added below in its entirety. Taking one of the most compelling cuts from his album The Ugly Truth, Mane Rok enlisted a small army to help him create a video for the song "This One's," a track dealing with the timely and incendiary topic of police ... More >>

  • Film

    April 7, 2011

    The Elephant in the Living Room lands at the Oriental Theater

    Make up by the GeneralUpdate (7/25/11): Full video added below in its entirety. Taking one of the most compelling cuts from his album The Ugly Truth, Mane Rok enlisted a small army to help him create a video for the song "This One's," a track dealing with the timely and incendiary topic of police ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    New Year's Eve Guide 2010

    Make up by the GeneralUpdate (7/25/11): Full video added below in its entirety. Taking one of the most compelling cuts from his album The Ugly Truth, Mane Rok enlisted a small army to help him create a video for the song "This One's," a track dealing with the timely and incendiary topic of police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Terrence Lakin, birther Lt. Colonel, found guilty of failing to report, becomes movement martyr

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Scratching the Surface: Antiserum, December 4 at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • Film

    October 7, 2010

    Cuckoo chic: It's Kind of a Funny Story

    Terrence Lakin.​KHOW's Peter Boyles partly credits his number-one ratings to taking risks -- such as giving plenty of airtime to the birther controversy, which even Glenn Beck regards as loonbaggery. And he's got plenty of fresh fodder now that Greeley Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin has bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Louis Hampers: No bail yet for controversial doc charged with writing fake prescriptions

    Louis Hampers.​Dr. Louis Hampers, the Children's Hospital ER doctor charged with writing 654 fake prescriptions, appeared for the first time in a Colorado court today after being arrested in Virginia on September 7. At a 2 p.m. hearing, Magistrate Judge Kathleen Tafoya denied him bail.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Cameron Boll, CU student: Did booze or head injury cause bizarre freakout?

    Boulder cops like these see plenty of weirdness after the sun goes down.​Cameron Boll, a nineteen-year old CU student, was allegedly drunk last week when he used concrete to smash the top of a Boulder Police car. But at this point, Boulder Police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley doesn't know whether ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Terrence Lakin, birther Lieutenant Colonel refusing to honor Obama's "illegal" orders to serve in Afghanistan, is a Colorado native -- naturally

    Lieutenant Colonel Terrence Lakin, who's refusing to return to Afghanistan for a second tour until President Barack Obama produces proof that he was born in the U.S., is a Colorado native. Which makes perfect sense given the case of birther fever that continues to run through the state more than a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Swine flu doesn't make for good times

    Put this on.​Having to utter the words "emergency room" is almost never good. And when the sentence also involves your kid, it's even worse. Such was the case for me recently when I took my seven-year-old kid to the ER at Rose Medical Center after the fever he'd had for two days spiked to 103 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Possible homicide in Englewood alley near East Oxford and South Lincoln

    View Larger Map This just in from the Englewood Police Department: An investigation is ongoing into the death of a man found in an alley near the intersection of East Oxford Avenue and South Lincoln Street, an area captured in the graphic above (if you have problems seeing the image, click "View La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Denver Health pledges to fix response times by adding paramedics

    Talk about a change in bedside manner. In a presentation to members of City Council Wednesday, hospital administrators from Denver Health publicly acknowledged for the first time that their ambulance response times are not meeting national standards. The admissions, however subtle, came as the t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Denver Health to City Auditor: You aren't the boss of us!

    Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher presented his office's long-awaited report on the city's emergency medical response system yesterday, saying that the information his team has compiled "speaks for itself." His choice of such a careful phrase to describe the scathing assessment is indicative of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: Buy local, think local December 1-7

    Buy local week continues through December 5. And while, with Barack Obama's appointments announcement today, it doesn't look like many Coloradans will be heading to D.C., there's plenty to do here at home. Nothing gets the home fires burning like neighborhood fights, and Denver's Neighborhood ... More >>

  • News

    November 13, 2008

    A Denver Health paramedic fakes his license, and his boss keeps it under wraps

    Buy local week continues through December 5. And while, with Barack Obama's appointments announcement today, it doesn't look like many Coloradans will be heading to D.C., there's plenty to do here at home. Nothing gets the home fires burning like neighborhood fights, and Denver's Neighborhood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2008

    Breaking: Paramedic at Denver Health forged certification, boss covered up

    Buy local week continues through December 5. And while, with Barack Obama's appointments announcement today, it doesn't look like many Coloradans will be heading to D.C., there's plenty to do here at home. Nothing gets the home fires burning like neighborhood fights, and Denver's Neighborhood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Denver ambulances using wrong response time standard, says Denver Auditor

    Buy local week continues through December 5. And while, with Barack Obama's appointments announcement today, it doesn't look like many Coloradans will be heading to D.C., there's plenty to do here at home. Nothing gets the home fires burning like neighborhood fights, and Denver's Neighborhood ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 6/19/2008

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Whoops!

    Denver Health finally responds to response-time queries.

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2008

    Denver Health Admits Miscalculations

    Denver Health finally responds to response-time queries.

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    Insomnia's Not So Funny

    What's So Funny celebrates a birthday. Sort of.

  • News

    May 29, 2008

    A Hospital Without Walls

    Denver’s Court to Community program is showing promise.

  • Home Entertainment

    January 25, 2007

    Dr. Feelgood

    You're not a doctor, but Trauma Center lets you play one on TV.

  • News

    December 21, 2006

    Life of the Party

    For drunk CU students, SEMS volunteers lend a helping hand.

  • Food & Drink

    March 25, 2004

    Best Bartender

    Sharon Guisinger, High Street Speakeasy

  • News

    July 10, 2003

    Off Limits

    Shop till you drop

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Tape Worms

    The camera doesn't lie -- but every picture tells more than one story.

  • News

    June 14, 2001

    Toast of the Town

    Denver C.A.R.E.S. picks drunks off the streets, then puts them right back out there.

  • Film

    October 28, 1999

    Night Sweats

    Scorsese's New York is alive and kicking in Bringing Out the Dead, but the vital signs are weakening.

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    An Unhealthy Situation

    Scorsese's New York is alive and kicking in Bringing Out the Dead, but the vital signs are weakening.

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Mob Psychology

    A three-hour wait for Elitch's Mind Eraser makes some people lose their heads.

  • News

    May 22, 1997

    Letters

    A three-hour wait for Elitch's Mind Eraser makes some people lose their heads.

  • News

    April 17, 1997

    Look Before You Leap ... to Conclusions

    A three-hour wait for Elitch's Mind Eraser makes some people lose their heads.

  • Music

    August 15, 1996

    Feedback

    A three-hour wait for Elitch's Mind Eraser makes some people lose their heads.

  • News

    April 19, 1995

    A CRASH COURSE IN POLITICS

    LAWMAKERS NEAR THE END OF A PAINFUL JOURNEY TOWARD LANDMARK TRAUMA-CARE LEGISLATION.

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