Wednesday, January 20, 2010

how to annoy a resident, part 3


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  1. That is the EXACT reason why I chose radiology... ;)

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  2. sometimes . . . this is barely even an exaggeration!

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  3. Maria7:33 PM

    You sure this isnt the pain clinic ???

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  4. How absolutely true. The difficulty is to stop the "flight of ideas" without sounding rude.

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  5. Alicia8:13 PM

    This is soooooo true!

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  6. This is why I am in anesthesia... just add propofol...

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  7. Critical care works too. Intubate + Versed/Fentanyl drips for all!

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  8. Heather10:50 PM

    And she hadn't even gotten to review of systems...

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  9. Anonymous11:13 PM

    I can never explain this frustration to My Other Friends without sounding like a total bitch.

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  10. Maura Carney12:59 AM

    Nice Simpsons reference!!

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  11. Woo hoo for primary care! I don't have to be nice, and my patients are generally in too much pain to start talk about onions (ew!).

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  12. So, so, so true. And they wonder why wait times are so long. The best part is when they finally get around to answering your question, and the answer is, "I really don't remember."

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  13. So true. So painfully true.

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  14. This happened to me *exactly* tonight! Except the pt was a 70-yr old lady trauma from an MVC. "Well, aren't you just LOVELY, I mean GORGEOUS, really! Oh, my sternal fracture? It hurts."

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