I've had things to write about but why I choose to do so many things as a resident is beyond me. I started my Emergency Medicine rotation over the past two weeks, much to my personal dismay. Emergency medicine is one of those specialties people idealize outside of medicine, sort of like they do surgery.... Continue Reading →
11/5/2018-11/11/2018
Another week, another Time on The Floor. I'm always surprised by the amount of pathology we get at our hospital. We get a lot of bread and butter pediatrics of course, your run of the mill RSV and croup and asthma but also things you may not see often in other places, like kawasaki's. It's... Continue Reading →
9/10/2018-9/24/2018
NIGHT FLOAT IS OVER! I slept for 13 hours on Friday, if that answers any secondary questions. Is there anyone who feels like the floor isn't a beast? Enjoying it, totally great. But even if you love the floor can anyone say its not so hard? Because it is. The floor is the culmination of... Continue Reading →
8/27/2018-9/9/2018
The experiences I had on nights were very different than the one I am having at my program. Most of been pretty low key. This one I did my first LP and got yelled at by a mom asking when can her daughter be an emergency. So both better and worse. They way our nights... Continue Reading →
7/30/2018-8/5/2018
Sorry it's a late post but working 11 to 14 hours days is making me very sleep happy. Understandably. As my first week on nursery, me and my cointern got absolutely slammed. As in the nursery was close to full almost all week which is a big deal when you aren't well versed in all... Continue Reading →
7/23/2018-7/29/2018
This week was a hard lesson in you have no idea what you've gotten yourself into. Although it didn't start out that way. Finishing up my month on clinic, I was kinda of given a lot of freedom in terms of seeing patients on my own from start to finish. Nothing was too complicated but... Continue Reading →
7/16/2018-7/22/2018
Every week is just a roller coaster. There isn't a day that does by that isn't a little bit of a rush but then sometimes it's just a 90 degree drop. I started this week as the lone clinic resident. The senior with that had been with me the last two weeks moved onto his... Continue Reading →
7/9/2018-7/15/2018
Another week gone by. at a seemingly glacial pace. While I'm into the slowing of the passage of time I'd also like to be at the point I know how to manage myself and the medicine around me. I spent this week getting more on my feet in clinic to do as much as I... Continue Reading →