Residency
The First Call
We capped with 10 team admissions a little after midnight–so it was a busy admission afternoon/evening and not so much a busy early morning for admissions. I admitted three patients and a fourth went straight to the ICU which counted towards our cap meaning little to no work on our part. The other [...]
The First Code
I managed to find myself as the first physician present in a code situation today.
Talk about terrifying.
The nurses were performing chest compressions and giving bagged breaths for a patient this morning by the time I walked into the room.
I simply stood at the foot of the bed with a deer in headlights look and asked, [...]
The First Call
Panda’s just trying to ruin my day:
The definition of eternity is the time between midnight and five AM. If you look hard enough you can almost see the clock hands moving backwards and no matter what you do, it’s always just a little after one. In fact, it will be one AM for hours. Your [...]
