Bloodletting

Visitor Location

Locations of visitors to this page

MilblogsII


Prev | List | Random | Next
Powered by RingSurf!

May 2007



Random ruminations

Tue, 05/22/07 9:29 P GMT-05
I had not posted in a bit, and thought I would just kind of give an update on things. First, I have noticed that I do not comment so much on politics as of late. I am not sure why, other than I don't see any politicians out there who represent me

A new record.

Fri, 05/11/07 4:10 P GMT-05
Today was very busy. I was the only resident working with two attendings. I was busting my hump seeing patients. In the end, I managed to see more patients than I had ever seen previously in a single shift. These weren't easy patients, either, ab

Pissing contest, medical style

Wed, 05/09/07 11:24 P GMT-05
One of the lesser points of emergency medicine is that we are often second-guessed, in hindsight, by specialists about whatever aspect of their field we consulted them on. This often leads to no small amount of friction between the Emergency Medicine

What a difference a day makes

Mon, 05/07/07 8:45 P GMT-05
So, unlike yesterday, when I just wanted to melt into nothing after the shift, I actually had a pretty decent shift today. I managed to get props from one attending for being particularly sympathetic to the needs of a patients family. They felt guilt

Another rough shift

Sun, 05/06/07 4:26 P GMT-05
I guess I had gotten complacent with the way that things were going, and today the fates decided to remind me of how tough this thing can be. It was just bad. I also managed to piss off one of the techs. She told me that one of the patients was not d

Ending and Winning

Thu, 05/03/07 7:24 A GMT-05
First; because Bush refused to use his veto power to advance the conservative agenda while he had a friendly congress in order to (I assume) buy support from the dems, he now is forced to use it.Second: I noticed that whenever the Democrats mention t