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On the Road...
We'll be heading out on Saturday for a month-long mission trip to Papua New Guinea. Committed to trying to blog daily while there - will be sharing rental space with lakos at http://png-09.blogspot.com (syndicated to LJ via mnpng if you want to follow that way). Warning: I keep religion out of my entries here. The PNG blog is a mission trip, and one ( Read more... ) -
Drive-By posting: Miriam
In case anyone is wondering what my daughter is up to these days, here she is!
In other news, today was an ER day from hell, and I'm going to bed before the temptation to complain about how the work I take on to get play money is so hard takes over and keeps me up.
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Sauntered in at 0730 with the intention of meeting fellowship director, who gives a lie to the old-dogs-new-tricks mantra, for a little chat about breast disease in pregnancy. Nurses are buzzing - seems there's a patient going downhill on high-risk side. Looks like my 0800 chat is going to become an 0800 section, if I let it, and I plan to.
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Holy babies, Batman!
Angel is recovering from having his wisdom teeth out. Miricup doesn't want to get out of bed. And the board is full of FOUR scheduled sections. I make it in by 0705 and they're done prepping by the time I have my scrubs on.
I'm an assistant today, but a skilled one. Nobody has to give me instructions. He laughs, as he's putting in the stitches ( Read more... ) -
One post a month...
Program filled. Got the page yesterday: 888. Next year - it seems like tomorrow and forever at once - there will be no Match. There will be nobody threatening to fail me if I stick them with a needle. There will be no more of a lot of things.
I am sitting on the couch in the staffing room in the library, all dressed nice and melting inside. ( Read more... ) -
Overheard on the ward
Nursing behind me is ranting about the woman who called her at 0740 to
complain that Home Care wasn't there to teach her how to give evening
meds. They said they'd be there in the morning. It's morning. They're not here. And the best part? Not even our home care company. Not even our city.
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OB Call...
I'm not OB proctor again, she tells me, brows furrowed. I was just proctor Monday. I shrug. "I just need someone to talk to about these patients so I can send them home." Phone calls are made, and she sighs.
He said "But they really like you!" Like that makes it better.
"Think of it this way. At least I'm your resident. And we'll have lots of ( Read more... ) -
I read it on the Internets.
Tech-savvy med students fear life without EMRs
The gist of the article is that we are becoming technology-dependent physicians; it's accompanied by a slew of other articles about the usefulness of smartphones, the permanence of the pager, and the new trend toward texting your doctor. And as I look at my electronic medical record (which I hate), and ( Read more... ) -
Silence...
So many things have happened since I posted last. And so many of them - I keep thinking "I need to write about that."
And I don't know why I haven't.
Mom got me a book for Christmas. It's a book of stories by an Internal Medicine resident. I started it and then I put it down. I like reading the stories. But I wish I could put together ( Read more... ) -
"I'm going to get in trouble for being snarky on the mic."
This one's for you, Tony :D
$rural_er again today. Medics listening to the radio - no hurry, no fuss, just back from a run. And I didn't catch what happened exactly until they came back, in a huff, rolling their eyes.
$next_county signals. Adult male, unresponsive, not breathing. First responders (fire trucks and basic life support) calling, ( Read more... )