didactic week is over. had OSCE's on Tuesday, 2 shelf exams on Wednesday, a couple plenary sessions for my upcoming rotations [including one with a drill sergeant doctor] and then Friday morning a couple of us decided to go to Vegas to meet up with a bunch of people that were going. decided to go to Vegas around 11am, was on the road by 1pm.
it was a fun weekend but tomorrow surgery is starting. think im going to be busy for the next month straight, all while trying to set up rotations for next year. Stresssssssss
now im gonna go stitch up some oranges and bananas to prepare for tomorrow...
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
didactic week #3 is here
"I know you are all trying to figure out what you want to be when you grown up. I'm hoping you all want to be doctors, but you need to start deciding on what kind"
-dr. white on picking medical specialties
-dr. white on picking medical specialties
Saturday, March 10, 2012
didactic week is back...
"a) why do i always wait til the wkend before shelf exams to start studying? b) why do we lose an hr?!?!!? c) why do i feel the need to clean my room right now?" -Melissa
Inside jokes from the psych ward
"Just read a case on anaphylaxis-- a legitimate way to die secondary to esophageal collapse...kinda..." -nicole
"haha i just read a case where a 28 y/o F resident presented with...Thump Thump."
-tan
"...that was the bus...SMURFS!"
-nicole
[someone pops their head in the door. she looks a little disheveled and then closed it quickly]
"was she wearing shoes?"
-Tan
[most of the patients don't wear shoes. they were the hospital socks with grip on the bottom]
"the only thing that differentiates us from them is this white coat....and shoes"
-Tan
"I'm going to move to North Dakota where I know my patients won't speak Spanish"
-Tan on his inabilities to communicate in spanish
"Never try dying your hair post-call. lesson learned"
-Me to Nicole after a post-call hair disaster
"haha i just read a case where a 28 y/o F resident presented with...Thump Thump."
-tan
"...that was the bus...SMURFS!"
-nicole
[someone pops their head in the door. she looks a little disheveled and then closed it quickly]
"was she wearing shoes?"
-Tan
[most of the patients don't wear shoes. they were the hospital socks with grip on the bottom]
"the only thing that differentiates us from them is this white coat....and shoes"
-Tan
"I'm going to move to North Dakota where I know my patients won't speak Spanish"
-Tan on his inabilities to communicate in spanish
"Never try dying your hair post-call. lesson learned"
-Me to Nicole after a post-call hair disaster
Friday, March 9, 2012
some quotes from an interesting 2 months...
"doctors should have a course on growing some balls...or ovaries"
-doc
"we don't break the 80 hour rule here. public service announcement. such bullshit... [under his breathe]
-doc
"i caught my 16 year old daughter drinking. found a cheap ass bottle of vodka in her closet" -doctor
"i think it's legal in your own home to drink if you are under 21 as long as there is someone over the age of 25 supervising" -intern
"stay away from my daughter" -doctor
"why won't you refill my pain killer prescription?" -patient
"because you don't need such a strong pain medication anymore. I will give you something different" -doctor
"im gonna have to get my attorney on this then" -patient
"why? he can't write it for you." -doctor
"Having a nurse as a patient is almost as bad as having a medical student in the hospital. remember that one western kid that was here last year? we pulled him into morning report and made him present himself. he did a pretty good job from what i can remember"
-doctor, referring to Tan without even knowing it
"could have been a hero, not a zero"
-doc
"MRI. that stands for 'More Radiologist Income"
-doc
"almost intern proof, but we'll see..."
-doc
doc pulls up a medical student's H&P on the computer for all to see, it read, "the patient fell while he pooed." hysterical laughter resulted
"kid came in with abdominal pain after eating an entire large bag of flaming hot cheetos"
-doc
one intern points out another interns mistake to cover her own ass:
"thump thump. that was the bus"
-doc
-doc
"we don't break the 80 hour rule here. public service announcement. such bullshit... [under his breathe]
-doc
"i caught my 16 year old daughter drinking. found a cheap ass bottle of vodka in her closet" -doctor
"i think it's legal in your own home to drink if you are under 21 as long as there is someone over the age of 25 supervising" -intern
"stay away from my daughter" -doctor
"why won't you refill my pain killer prescription?" -patient
"because you don't need such a strong pain medication anymore. I will give you something different" -doctor
"im gonna have to get my attorney on this then" -patient
"why? he can't write it for you." -doctor
"Having a nurse as a patient is almost as bad as having a medical student in the hospital. remember that one western kid that was here last year? we pulled him into morning report and made him present himself. he did a pretty good job from what i can remember"
-doctor, referring to Tan without even knowing it
"could have been a hero, not a zero"
-doc
"MRI. that stands for 'More Radiologist Income"
-doc
"almost intern proof, but we'll see..."
-doc
doc pulls up a medical student's H&P on the computer for all to see, it read, "the patient fell while he pooed." hysterical laughter resulted
"kid came in with abdominal pain after eating an entire large bag of flaming hot cheetos"
-doc
one intern points out another interns mistake to cover her own ass:
"thump thump. that was the bus"
-doc
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
adult inpatient ward
"i died twice."
-50something year old male talking to me about his suicide attempt taking lots of pills and drinking alcohol. he was shocked twice in the ambulance on the way to the hospital
"I have nothing to be sad about in my life. But I just cant help but want to die."
-40something year old man who checked himself in to the hospital with the support of his wife. The patient has 2 daughters ages 1 and 5. He has a great family with support from everyone. He is a high school English teacher and his life is 'stable.' But 1 month prior to this hospitalization he tried to commit suicide by taking a lot of pills. He has been battling depression since his teenage years. Talking with him, he seemed so normal. He was well educated, realistic, in touch with his feelings. Yet, when I read his chart, i saw that he has been severally depressed for years and cuts himself with razors on his arms and stomach [which i did not see because he always wore long sleeves]. Makes you realize to never judge a person by their exterior appearance. This patient was on an involuntary hold last month after the suicide attempt, went home, and realized that he was having suicidal thoughts again and with the help of his wife and parents, he checked himself into the hospital again.
"I just could not handle life"
-30something yo female. suicide attempt by slashing her arms bilaterally. she showed me the scars and they were huge. she was also a normal, healthy looking female but under that exterior, she was unstable and severally suicidal. "this is a disease. just like diabetes or HTN, depression has to be dealt with everyday. i didnt pick to be this way, its a disease."
-50something year old male talking to me about his suicide attempt taking lots of pills and drinking alcohol. he was shocked twice in the ambulance on the way to the hospital
"I have nothing to be sad about in my life. But I just cant help but want to die."
-40something year old man who checked himself in to the hospital with the support of his wife. The patient has 2 daughters ages 1 and 5. He has a great family with support from everyone. He is a high school English teacher and his life is 'stable.' But 1 month prior to this hospitalization he tried to commit suicide by taking a lot of pills. He has been battling depression since his teenage years. Talking with him, he seemed so normal. He was well educated, realistic, in touch with his feelings. Yet, when I read his chart, i saw that he has been severally depressed for years and cuts himself with razors on his arms and stomach [which i did not see because he always wore long sleeves]. Makes you realize to never judge a person by their exterior appearance. This patient was on an involuntary hold last month after the suicide attempt, went home, and realized that he was having suicidal thoughts again and with the help of his wife and parents, he checked himself into the hospital again.
"I just could not handle life"
-30something yo female. suicide attempt by slashing her arms bilaterally. she showed me the scars and they were huge. she was also a normal, healthy looking female but under that exterior, she was unstable and severally suicidal. "this is a disease. just like diabetes or HTN, depression has to be dealt with everyday. i didnt pick to be this way, its a disease."
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