non emergent emergencies at the ED
first day as an MS4!
the day started with 7am morning report, being pimped on ER labs on a GI bleed (and succeeding!), trying not to fall asleep/ lash out violently/ make inappropriate comments as a resident went through EVERY SINGLE STEP of how to write EVERY SINGLE SECTION of a 7 page H&P (the inane questions from the new MSIIIs didn’t help.**), and a patient with a swollen arm from a supposed popped elbow pimple. what followed was…
- pediatric cardiac arrest
- scaphoid fracture
- headaches and vomiting
- pink eye
- giant ugly boils on an ugly hair butt
- strep throat
- MRSA groin abcess I&D
…and some other things i forget.
**i know, i know, i was once one of them. sort of. i might still be one of them. but really… how can they be so cocky and so slow at the same time? shut up and listen!!!! liiiiiiiiiiisten!!!! argh. if i say order a CBC, don’t also order a hematocrit and an MCV. bah! if the resident says, “make sure your intern gets the code status”, don’t say, “uhm… shouldn’t the ER just tell us?”. ASK YOUR INTERN.