Comments | elmnopo: SO HAPPY

elmnopo

SO HAPPY

Sep 16, 2008 20:51

I am now on VACAY OF SORTS and not a moment too soon! This week was shaping up to be one best spent away from patients. Thanks to serendipity, I happen to ask off for the rest of it ( Read more... )

notes from the field, days off rule, letters from a slightly older doctor, one handed surgery, when vacays become stay-cays

Comments 7

dakotaluna September 17 2008, 02:38:32 UTC

Interesting wedding.

Enjoy your time off. xo

elmnopo September 17 2008, 05:07:34 UTC

I WILL! (i think) Eithe way, I'll be pimping a white tux! :P

lindapendant September 17 2008, 10:43:42 UTC

I had all my care done at a teaching hospital, and I always let the noob knock themselves out, but coming at me with large sharp sticks ? No. I would never sign up for that.

elmnopo September 17 2008, 16:56:58 UTC

Well, if you've ever had a central line or a joint aspiration or your belly tapped, this is along the same vein (har har), only now they can ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING. There were two interns in clas today--they looked so young. So...innocent! One was shocked to learn and couldn't understand how we (the older docs) ever could do it "blind". :D

Sonar and needles? mssaskia September 17 2008, 15:14:44 UTC

Together? Wow. Big, wide, long needles, no less. Freakin fascinating. What's it's intended purpose?

I had Korean BBQ a couple days ago. Had a shot of Soju for you. ; )

All the better to poke holes into you with! elmnopo September 18 2008, 00:07:37 UTC

This class was specifically for emergency sonograms and guided procedures. I was trained to place catheters into the large, central veins and arteries of the neck, chest, arms and thighs by doing it by landmarks of the body and by feel, or doing it "blind" as some would put it. Towards the end of my residency, I learned to use a sonogram machine to help with guiding the needle in place. Today I learned to do it better and to use it to access and evaluate other parts of the body, such as chest and abdomen and heart. IT WAS SO FUN! Also, it was interesting to be with some baby docs and here their shock and incredulous reaction to hearing how we did it old skool. They didn't think it could be done! I got to visualize myself and sonogrammed my own eyeball. Freakin' cool.

It's been forever since I've eaten Korean. WANT

amberkatt September 22 2008, 08:25:02 UTC

YOU STUCK A NEEDLE INTO YOUR OWN EYEBALL???!?!?!?!?

Wow, and I thought Sozz was hardcore!