…followed by a couple malt liquors and then Bud Light. Hmmm…Darwinism? Conspiracy? Marketing Effectiveness?
Brain damage.
Darwinism at it’s finest. ;D
A lifetime of poor choices! :-[
That’s exactly what I thought.
Budweiser? I’m surprised it wasn’t Busch Light…
Cause or correlation?
Did brain injury cause ER patients to like Bud or is it the other way around?
Good article for jokes, but not for actual analysis. The entire study was based on asking 105 patients in one low-income area ER what they were drinking. Of course you’re going to have a high number of inexpensive beverage choices there.
If they ran this survey at a Beverley Hills ER, we’d probably be discussing why so many people get loaded on expensive champagne and wine before heading to the ER. LOL
I think it would be interesting to know why “this research can’t be done”? Makes me wonder how many other things can’t be researched for that same unspoken reasons.
This isn’t really news to ER doctors though. I remember comments being made by friends of mine about standing bets about who could identify the beverage involved in an injury before speaking to the patient. After just a few weekends they said they were all pretty accurate. It probably varies by location based on what is cheapest in any given place.
Paul
Here, hold my beer and watch this…
This ^^^^^^^^ 
Good rule of thumb: if you can’t do it while holding a beer, you probably shouldn’t be doing it while drinking.
I read the thread title and thought, what hospital serves beer in the ER ?
I think I like the idea of a cash bar, serving craft beer, at places where a long wait is expected. The DMV, Target and the grocery store checkout on a Saturday morning would be good choices
Brilliant!
Lots of grocery stores in France have full service bars, it seems to make the wife shop faster.
That truly sounds awesome! I want the continental life!
The sample size is way too small to draw any conclusions. Did a high school student do the study?
The two key elements of the report hinge on Authority.
The Federal Trade Commission and the National Institute on Drug Abuse did not believe this was a testable experiment. As it turns out, it wasn’t until the researchers put on lab coats that gave them implied authority over the patients. The rest of the report and “conclusions” about Bud are just journalistic filler and source material for comedians.
It Couldn’t Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But, he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one has done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it.