I love people who do ER, but COME ON guys

I agree with you, Kaustikos. Currently on my ER rotation now. Won't lie, I'd furrow my brows and tilt my head in confusion every time we got a silly admit from the ER, thinking, These people are real docs, not medical students (aka zombies in white coats) like me. WHAT are they doing?

But being on the other side is QUITE the eye opener. Obv. in all fields, you have doctors who are not as...competent as their peers, but given the sheer volume of patients the ER sees and how, for me at least, only a few, rather than the majority, of admissions make you scratch your head...really I have a lot of respect for them. You have to understand their mentality in terms of how they process these patients who could have God knows what or just a simple cold is a bit different than the mentality of other specialties that aren't often one of the first responders to a sick patient.

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at http://ift.tt/jcXqJW.

I love people who do ER, but COME ON guys

I love people who do ER, but COME ON guys

A while back I'm sent to assess a lady who comes in for "cellulitis" on LLE while on medicine. I take the elevator down to the ER and find the patient, and there's nothing on her legs. No rash, no bruise, nothing! I check and recheck that it's the right patient, then do a full exam. I go back to my resident to WTF and he's like: "Haha! I know! That's why ED said. I guess we're not admitting this one."

Then a couple of days ago on neuro consults I'm sent to evaluate someone with "left face numbness/pain". Ok. Find the patient, and she has a textbook angle-closure glaucoma (inflamed and painful left eye, dilated and fixed pupil on that side, etc.) I stop my exam after 2 minutes b/c it's a medical emergency and pester my resident. To his credit, he sees her right away, and then tells the ED to call optho stat.

I'm just a mediocre med student, don't do this to me ER.

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at http://ift.tt/jcXqJW.

I love people who do ER, but COME ON guys