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Jim McCarthy
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Med-Peds Hospitalist • Dad • That probably covers 98% of what I’ll post about
Colin Robinson is absolutely feasting off all these TV hits he’s been getting
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Skeleton family portrait
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I cannot accept the premise here. You either want real cheese and no artificial dyes or you want Cheetos
October 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Give this woman a smartphone and bare minimum she gets you to Mars
October 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
September 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
IKEA instructions? Obviously a challenge. If you don’t think you’re worth at least two of these guys, find someone to help you build back your confidence asap
August 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
At the vet’s office. Think we’ll pass on the oxygen and CT just to be safe
August 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Me every time I try to figure out the abbreviations in an ophthalmology note
July 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
One time we had a patient with sudden onset flank pain. Even I thought I was kidding about a stone making his kidney burst and well…
July 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
July 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
June 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
June 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ready for a fun time
May 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’m pretty confident the answer is ethanol
May 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Today my med student learned how we handle fire alarms in the hospital

#MedSky
April 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This might be my actual answer. It’s not prestigious or artsy but most of the audience was making the same face and seeing Jurassic Park in the theater at 7 yo was a formative experience
April 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
April 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
February 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Time to teach the med students about lung sounds
February 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Probably a new JCAHO requirement to have this in the hospital bathroom
January 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
525,600 cheese curds
525,600 steins full of beer
January 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Who’d have thought a formula rich in coconut milk, cod liver oil, beet juice, and vitamin powder would meet almost no FDA standards?

The baby did great with actual nutrition. There was no proof he was ever the DC’s patient so all they did was put a disclaimer above the recipe on their website
December 28, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Summary of 90% of problems in #MedEd
December 12, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Wisconsin:
December 3, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Sometimes I think I might be ok at my job #MedSky
November 13, 2024 at 12:40 AM