Comments on: The Shadow

By: Beginnings « Ten out of Ten

Beginnings « Ten out of Ten — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:03:15 +0000

[...] vs academic medicine was easy, since the latter requires the double whammy of research and med student/resident supervision, for half the pay no [...]

By: Rogue Medic

Rogue Medic — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:25:10 +0000

Passing out does not mean he will not be a good doctor, but it does make for a memorable experience.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:47:26 +0000

I guess when they pass out, it deprives you of the opportunity to scream “Oh crap!! Where’s that coming from?!?!”

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:38:12 +0000

If the shadow faints at the sight of blood, maybe a career path other than medicine would be a better choice for him. Something safe and boring, like accounting. Oh, wait – maybe the sight of red ink would make him pass out too???

By: premedhead

premedhead — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:51:06 +0000

NICE program … whoever arranged it did not go over a few minor details. We have the ER as a volunteer service area where a volunteer will get to have a lot of learning experiences, but at the same time, we actually get a lot of stuff done for the staff (stocking supplies, transporting patients to radiology or up to the patient floors to clear beds). There are “transporters” who get paid for what we do. Either way, it takes maturity and experience to know when not to piss off the staff, not just the doctors. There is a time and place to ask questions and to know when to stay out of the way. I understand why you did not “go into academics,” but why waste an opportunity to share some knowledge? Doctors are life-long scholars, and what is the purpose if one is just not feeling up to dispensing any expertise every now and then? I guess that it is the fact that this person is following you all over. There have been certain cases that will always be engraved in my brain. One example is when a patient’s chest was cracked open and internal defibrillations failed as a last resort, and as you can imagine, the time of death was subsequently called. Even with such a terrible outcome, my favorite ER doc (not young) let me put on gloves and feel what the lung tissue felt like and the sharpness of the ribs & etc. If it really bothers you, go ahead and put your foot down and define boundaries. And no, we are not a Level I trauma center … yet.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:48:36 +0000

why would you want to become a doctor if you faint at the sight of blood…

By: ERP

ERP — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:04:30 +0000

I am suprised he did not faint at the site of the rash.
BTW, that TOTALLY sucks that you have to run codes upstairs. Your hospital needs to hire a house doc!!!

By: crisitunity

crisitunity — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:42:05 +0000

This is hilarious.

By: rlbates

rlbates — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:30:40 +0000

Well, the Shadow got to see the two extremes of medicine. Nice day for him.

By: Sines

Sines — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:21:04 +0000

The rash patient only had to wait 20 minutes, that’s pretty good considering what you had going in the background.