Archive for the ‘Surgery’ Category

How to Piss off the ER Doc

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Me: “Hi, is this the surgical resident on call?”

Dr Snot:”Yeah”

Me: “Well, I have a patient here who initially went to their PMD a few days ago for weakness and was found to have afib….”

Dr Snot (interrupting me): “And HOW then can I help you?!”

Me: “You can start by letting me finish you arrogant little brat.”

Fun at the Vet’s

Friday, October 26th, 2012

When things are ignored too long, they suddenly become emergencies….

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Luckily, the dog did fine. Mass was benign.

I Want To Go

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

 

 

Wow, I did not know about the existence of this museum.  I seriously want to go!  It looks cool.  However, I would imagine some truly accurate re-creations or reenactments of the practice of medicine in the 1860′s might disturb the majority of visitors! Watching a leg get amputated with a dirty saw, no sterization, performed by a gloveless surgeon on a guy given a bullet to bite on as anaesthesia would be a bit much for many to swallow.