Time off
Just because you have vacation, it doesn’t mean your month is any easier. It only means you will work just as hard in a fewer number of days..
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Archive for February, 2013
Oh, wait
“Oh wait” are not words you want to hear from your attending immediately after you’ve fired a GIA stapler on an appendix.
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Gettysburg address
The Gettysburg address was 271 words long and under 3 minutes long.
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Sharps exposure
The second you receive the notice that the person whose blood you were exposed to is HCV positive, your heart skips a few beats. It seems less stressful to skip the exposure steps altogether.
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Trauma call
There’s some joy in knowing you just completed your last trauma call for the current academic year.
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DOC exposure
Even if you’ve been exposed to dozens of other patients’ blood through sharps, it’s not the same when you are exposed to a DOC patient’s blood. Your heart sinks when you stick yourself with a blade that’s just been used on a DOC patient because of the rampant prevalence of HBV, HCV, and HIV.
As a side note, be careful when securing a blade with the plastic cap provided in the kit; the blade may just go through the cap and into your finger.
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Brinker International
The company that owns Chili’s–Brinker International–also owns many other, namely Macaroni Grill, On the Border, and Maggiano’s. A gift card for one is generally redeemable at any of the others.
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Closing a wound
Never close a patient’s abdominal incision whose fascia dehisced. It will get infected.
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Daytime television
Daytime television is littered with Steven Seagal and Sylvester Stallone movies and reruns of Full House.
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Dimples of Venus
The symmetric dimples on both sides of the lower back, just above the gluteal cleft, are known as Dimples of Venus. They are seen as a sign of beauty, owing to the origin of their name.
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Residency
A training program where the screaming never ends, the hours are gruesome, the pay is less than that of a slave, and mistakes are punishable by flogging.
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