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I'm a 3rd year and today the subI told us to follow him and he'd teach us stuff. This is my 3rd day of the rotation. He took us to see a pt with a foley in. The pt needed the foley removed and so he asked, "would you like to remove the foley?" I said sure, and he went and asked the nurse to teach me how to remove the foley. I've only done it once before and it was on a kid not an adult. I told the nurse that, and she said she'd be happy to teach me. So, I go in and she tells me to deflate the balloon with a 10cc syringe, and then tells me to "pull it out fast, and pull harder". I told her there was a lot of resistance and she checks it, and realizes there's still some air in it so she sucks that out. Then, she tells me to pull it again. I pull it out still with a lot of resistance and find out that the bulb was still inflated partially.
When we meet up with the resident, intern and attending later, the sub I says "Tell them what you did with the foley" without giving me any warning. I was just going to let the nurse take care of it because she said she'd call urology for recommendations because they placed the foley. I didn't find the blame game necessary. In fact, when I told my team what happened, I took full responsibility for it because I didn't want to blame the nurse. So then, they bladder scan the guy, and the subI keeps saying repeatedly "we're bladder scanning because Han14tra pulled out the foley while it was still inflated." I already felt bad that this happened to the pt. I about cried everytime he said that. Then, later in the day, the Resident says "Strong work on Mr. X" to the subI and the other med student, but not to me even though I was following the pt as well. The subI responds by saying "Yeah, Han14tra was actually the one who pulled the inflated foley." Was it really necessary to remind them of that and repeatedly make me feel horrible for what was obviously an accident? Even the other med student was shocked at how the subI was treating me.
Advice? How do I deal with this person for the next 4 weeks?
Seriously, why did he have to say "Tell them what you did." If I was in his shoes, I would've said, "Hi resident, there was an issue with the foley and it accidently was pulled with air still in it. They're going to bladder scan the guy to make sure everything's ok."
When we meet up with the resident, intern and attending later, the sub I says "Tell them what you did with the foley" without giving me any warning. I was just going to let the nurse take care of it because she said she'd call urology for recommendations because they placed the foley. I didn't find the blame game necessary. In fact, when I told my team what happened, I took full responsibility for it because I didn't want to blame the nurse. So then, they bladder scan the guy, and the subI keeps saying repeatedly "we're bladder scanning because Han14tra pulled out the foley while it was still inflated." I already felt bad that this happened to the pt. I about cried everytime he said that. Then, later in the day, the Resident says "Strong work on Mr. X" to the subI and the other med student, but not to me even though I was following the pt as well. The subI responds by saying "Yeah, Han14tra was actually the one who pulled the inflated foley." Was it really necessary to remind them of that and repeatedly make me feel horrible for what was obviously an accident? Even the other med student was shocked at how the subI was treating me.
Advice? How do I deal with this person for the next 4 weeks?
Seriously, why did he have to say "Tell them what you did." If I was in his shoes, I would've said, "Hi resident, there was an issue with the foley and it accidently was pulled with air still in it. They're going to bladder scan the guy to make sure everything's ok."
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