The Best of 2012: Day 24-27
December 24 Learning experience. What was a lesson you learned this year that changed you?
It was something that I taught an intern who told me that I "Back talk" one of my favorite doctors too much and that when she was a technician she never behaved so poorly. Hours later I had that following conversation with my favorite doctor after taking an X-ray.
Doc: I need you to remove this radio opaque material.
Me: That is her bandage (a wet to dry bandage placed over a bite wound, the radio opaque material is a stitch in the gauze specifically so it shows up on films).
Doc: Yes I want you to remove it.
Me: Are you sure?
Doc: Yes, remove it.
Other tech: Just so we have this right, you want us to remove that sterile material from her bandage?
Doc: YES! Just do it.
Us: Well ok.
He walked away to look at the x-ray and came back in time to see us peel the top layer away from the bandage.
Doc: OMG what the fuck are you doing?!?!?!?
Us: You told us to do this!
Doc: I...oh my God...I did tell you to do this! Quick we have to get it back together!
I had to sprint into the dental surgery to get new materials to salvage the bandage which we did quickly. All the time he muttered to himself "I did this...it was me." As I relayed the story to the intern I topped it off with the moral of the story: Always back talk doctors. They are human too.
December 25 Gift. What's a gift you gave yourself this year that has kept on giving?
NEW ZOOOOOOOOOOM LENS that is AMAZING! It was technically a wedding present.
December 26 Insight or aha! moment. What was your epiphany of the year?
I went into surgery with my practice owner one night on a dog with hemoabdomen (internal bleeding into the abdominal cavity) and he said something that really touched me. "Don't let an arrogant surgeon fool you, it's the ICU team that makes sure the patient recovers fully."
December 27 Social web moment. Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?
As I said in another entry, I discovered that Twitter wasn't just for updating everytime you eat.
It was something that I taught an intern who told me that I "Back talk" one of my favorite doctors too much and that when she was a technician she never behaved so poorly. Hours later I had that following conversation with my favorite doctor after taking an X-ray.
Doc: I need you to remove this radio opaque material.
Me: That is her bandage (a wet to dry bandage placed over a bite wound, the radio opaque material is a stitch in the gauze specifically so it shows up on films).
Doc: Yes I want you to remove it.
Me: Are you sure?
Doc: Yes, remove it.
Other tech: Just so we have this right, you want us to remove that sterile material from her bandage?
Doc: YES! Just do it.
Us: Well ok.
He walked away to look at the x-ray and came back in time to see us peel the top layer away from the bandage.
Doc: OMG what the fuck are you doing?!?!?!?
Us: You told us to do this!
Doc: I...oh my God...I did tell you to do this! Quick we have to get it back together!
I had to sprint into the dental surgery to get new materials to salvage the bandage which we did quickly. All the time he muttered to himself "I did this...it was me." As I relayed the story to the intern I topped it off with the moral of the story: Always back talk doctors. They are human too.
December 25 Gift. What's a gift you gave yourself this year that has kept on giving?
NEW ZOOOOOOOOOOM LENS that is AMAZING! It was technically a wedding present.
December 26 Insight or aha! moment. What was your epiphany of the year?
I went into surgery with my practice owner one night on a dog with hemoabdomen (internal bleeding into the abdominal cavity) and he said something that really touched me. "Don't let an arrogant surgeon fool you, it's the ICU team that makes sure the patient recovers fully."
December 27 Social web moment. Did you meet someone you used to only know from her blog? Did you discover Twitter?
As I said in another entry, I discovered that Twitter wasn't just for updating everytime you eat.