"When patients won't remain patient", Regina Herzlinger
Thursday, December 31, 2009
New Year's Eve party
On top of the usual "Don't drink and drive," ER doctors this year are saying, "Don't drink and walk" -- at least not without a "designated walker."
Thirty-six percent of pedestrians killed on the road in 2008 were intoxicated, suggesting that walking home drunk from a New Year's Eve party may not be as safe as previously thought.