Life in The ER

Jun 04

Hipster patient: I drank barium before it was cool.

AWKWARD MOMENTS WHEN PATIENTS HIT ON ME

BUT WHAT DO I DO IF THEY’RE KINDA CUTE?

May 27

My hobbies include: 

• Going through your previous ER charts and counting how many milligrams of Dilaudid you’ve gotten in the past year after trying to tell me you’re not a drug seeker
• P.S. IT WAS MORE THAN 30mg!!!

I worked about 85 hours in a week and now I’m just lost at finding what to do with myself..

(In reality it’s more like figuring out ways to procrastinate on my studying)

May 26

Had a radiologist compliment me on my ability to read CTs last night

That was pretty awesome.

May 25

Aspiring Doctors: AspDocs + ERmedicine present: Calm Your Tits, Pre-Meds, Vol 2. Extracurriculars -

aspiringdoctors:

Continuing with the theme of questions we’ve seen in our askboxes (just a heads up: this is not in an attempt to mock you or belittle your concerns, ok? I have 5 questions regarding various angles of this subject, so I figured it would be efficient to make one big godzilla post instead of 5, ya…

May 20

Also seeing as I am the epitome of a black cloud there are supposed to be tornadoes in my area tonight.

I really hope this doesn’t happen as I would like to make it out unscathed tonight and would like a night free of trauma.

Now has internet after an almost week and can now return to regular posting!
I now also live in a house. 
No more campus living

The best part?

I have a dishwasher

You don’t know how much not have a dishwasher sucks until you spend three years without one.

May 17

Aspiring Doctors: AspDocs + ERmedicine present: Calm Your Tits, Pre-Meds. Part 1- GRADES/GPA -

aspiringdoctors:

So I’ve noticed on my blog and most of the other medblrs I follow that there have been a metric crapton (units= kg/crapⁿ, n=number of craps) of asks from concerned pre-meds about their grades. It’s the end of the year. You’re getting your grades. Activate freakout mode.

I…

May 15

In case you all didn’t know: I love Grumpy Cat

aspiringdoctors:

And, the always amazing and wonderful ERmedicine sent me a present for finishing M1 because he is the sweetest.

AND OMG IT CAME TODAY IN THE MAIL!!!

This is my best grumpy cat frown.

Thank you ERmedicine!!

BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!

We have a collaborative series coming up for anxious pre-meds! Starting Friday! Hang onto your hats!

ITS SO CUTE

And expect some insight from both sides on pre-med and the ever boding existential anxiety