Our hospital has an annual doctor’s say where the hospital staff vote on physician superlatives.
Needles to say the ED physicians won every category from best dressed to best sense of humor.
This ER is too classy.
April 2012
54 posts
March 2012
21 posts
Literally got 8 ambulances within 5 minutes.
Sooo busy
Hogwarts School of Medicine vs. Princeton →
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Hogwarts School of Medicine vs. Princeton Allopathic 2011-2012 School-Specific Discussions
Best thread…EVER!!!!!!!!
I think I’m going to go into ARDS from how much I’m laughing
2 AAAs and an aortic dissection tonight.
The CV gods have smiled upon me
New nurse: “I’ve never seen a code blue here before”
5 seconds later….
Overhead PA System: “CODE BLUE TO THE ER”
I was studying for a test last night which included memorizing the Kreb’s cycle, and it even haunted me after I went to bed. I had a dream that mitochondria were performing the song “Grease Lightning” and replaced the phrase grease lightning with “Kreb’s cycle”.
Wayfaring MD's Ramblings: Rare and Rural: not all the cool stuff is in cities. →
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Awesome, one of these conditions has my last name. I also see a fair amount of rare conditions at the (semi-rural) hospital I work at. The most interesting i have seen was adiposis dolorosa (or Dercum’s disease).On this rotation I’ve seen patients with:
- Tricuspid Atresia (repaired)
- Bartter Syndrome & Gitelman Syndrome
- Broca’s and Wernicke’s Aphasias in acute…
History of “constipation every time I eat greasy food” + ate cheeseburger and fries yesterday = constipation today.
NOTE: Addition of the “But it looked so tasty” factor does not change the equation’s outcome.
This reminds me of the time that a patient came in via EMS for a “Hyperglycemic crisis” after getting a blood glucose level of 600.
She apparently decided that it was a good idea to eat a gallon of ice cream.
Right after her blood sugar level was under control she had someone bring her whataburger and proceeded to eat it while the nurse was giving her discharge instructions on how to manage her blood sugar…
By admit I meant I got to do a work up semi on my own and come to a diagnosis. The doctor oversaw it but let me do what work ups I thought were best and corrected me(steered me in the right direction) if I was wrong.
Probably the one of the best experiences I got at my job
The patient just ended up having kidney damage from intractable emesis and diarrhea. Her BUN as Creatinine were extremely high and she had never had kidney problems in the past. Needless to say it was very unfortunate.
I got the diagnosis right which was nice.
Got to admit someone tonight
Kinda cool
Lesson of The Week:
Etomidate, Versed, and Dilaudid make for a very bad combination.
Two sperate doctors ordered conscious sedation medicine for a dislocated shoulder and the patient rapidly desaturated (down to 58%) in about 5 seconds.
Pretty interesting experience.
(The patient was fine s/p narcan, but he apparently almost needed to have an ETT tube placed)
Could you imagine ending up in the ICU when all you came in for was a dislocated shoulder?
Scary stuff.
One is sick, one is not.
Resident: What are you doing your presentation on tomorrow?
Me: Diagnosis and treatment of simple and complicated diverticulitis. I have a good case to present of diverticulitis gone horribly wrong.
Resident: Are you going to talk about diverticulosis?
Me: Um, I mean, I’ll probably mention it in my differential and pathogenesis slides.
Resident: Good! Because I’ve been wanting to learn the difference between the two.
Me:
There’s probably a problem if even I know the difference between the two…
Every time I seem to be alone in a room with a physician during a procedure, the patient always deteriorates out of the blue.
I am a black cloud.
I will rain on your parade.
Here I am wishing the Krebs cycle didn’t exist so I wouldn’t have to memorize it tonight.
6 reasons why applicants fail to get into medical school →
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This is a good write up for all those people out there asking about the “numbers game.” It outlines some critical things to consider when applying to medical school. Here is the intro:
“Every year medical school applicants feel confused and in the dark about why they have been rejected by medical schools. They do not understand what they did wrong or what they need to do differently when they reapply. Whether you are a premedical student trying to make sure to “do everything right” or a medical school applicant who has not yet been accepted to medical school, it may help to learn what applicants who are not accepted to medical school often have in common. Many of these problems are easy to avoid while others take a little more time and effort to remedy.”
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/02/6-reasons-applicants-fail-medical-school.html
Interesting article.
It would be interesting/nice to see the academic profiles of those who were unable to matriculate into a medical school. Just a thought.
I personally have the worry of not having stellar grades (My GPAs are above 3.0) but with a large amount of clinical experience, so I’m hoping that it will balance out my application, but time will tell.
Ironic GSW of the day
Here are the details of that GSW I was talking about on friday….
A middle aged man was at some sort of firing range and holstered his handgun in an improper fashion, which caused it to misfire. The bullet grazed over his right thigh, and then passed through the tip of his penis.
Unfortunately, there wasn’t much to be done after the bleeding was controlled….
The ironic part of the story is the fact that the patient was a fire arm safety instructor and was teaching a class on gun safety…
No joke there’s an accidental gsw to the penis in here right now more details to come
breaking news- Senate Rejects Contraception Amendment
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
“WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted 51-48 against an amendment by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) that would allow insurers to deny coverage of health services — such as birth control — if an employer objected on religious or moral grounds.”
More here: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Washington-Watch/Washington-Watch/31441
