Call Room Inventory!

[PhineasGage]

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Dateline: County Hospital Call Room in a large West Coast City, Aug 2006
Thermostat: functioning
Linens: clean
1 nonfunctioning computer with a "SAVE" sign taped to the monitor
1 desk monopolized by above computer
1 security cable affixing said computer to said desk
1 2-volume text (old edition) with the hardcover ripped off of Vol 2
1 nonfunctioning desk lamp
Desk drawer contents:
Approximately 200 safety pins
1 well-worn copy of John Grisham's "The Pelican Brief" with artist's rendering of Julia Roberts on the cover (circa 1995)
1 disposable razor
1 stick "Arrid XTRA Dry" deodorant
1 wrapper Quaker Oatmeal Granola Bar
3 copies National Geographic, circa 2003
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Dateline: VA Hospital Call Room in a large West Coast City, 2004
1 Family Circle Magazine circa 1988, read out of bordeom
1 Reader's Digest Magazine circa 1987, read out of boredom

Dateline: VA Hospital Call Room in a large West Coast City, 2006
1 Family Circle Magazine circa 1988*
1 Reader's Digest Magazine circa 1987*
* not touched on reencounter for fear of fomite transmission
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Dateline: County Hospital Call Rm in a medium West Coast City, May 2006
Specialty: Medicine
Thermostat: none
Linens: sketchy
Water pressure in restroom: none
1 container baby wipes
1 box Huggies
1 nanny
1 infant
1 young mother/intern on-call
1 fellow intern forced to sleep in lounge due to the above

Take stock and post your findings,
PG

 

[Annette]

Date line 2004
Thermostat: next door, functioning. Unfortunately, the other person is ALWAYS cold!
Linen: Clean when slept in last night.
Bathroom: Down the hall. No light in the shower. No soap, no shampoo.
Reading: Old Harrisons around here somewhere. A Jackie Collins novel.
Functioning lamp, non-functioning phone
Mattress so uncomfortable, a peasant would prefer straw on the floor.
Time in call room: ZERO

Dateline Now
Own computer with internet hookup, television on any channel I want, soft comfy bed with clean linen, thermostat under my control. Clean shower with nice smelling soap, shampoo, cream rinse, facial stuff, and a functional phone. Comfortable seating area, stocked kitchen. Oh, wait! No pager. My cats are here. That's right!!!!! I no longer have to take call!

 

[dobonedoc]

Ortho Call Room;

TV, VCR, DVD player, Game Cube, Original Nintendo, Super NES, 2 terrible beds. Lots of stray Xrays. A few ortho texts. Stinky Laz-e-boy recliner (broken). Porn. Mini-fridge complete with mold. Compter with desk, broken desk light. Supposed to be the best call room in the hospital. The only thing it is missing is an ortho resident. We usually leave the TV on, to keep everthing else company.

 

[Mr. McDuck]

Dateline: Surgery Call Room at Private Hospital in NJ 2006
Thermostat: Continuously reads 68 regardless of changing it manually
Linens: Appear to be clean, but the pillow is so thin, my head might as well be on the bed, yet somehow manages to be hard as a rock
1 nice computer to which the password is not known by anyone
1 desk upon which sits the computer and an April 1998 desk calendar
1 night table that sits out of arms reach from the bed upon which sit a set of car keys that have been there for nearly 3 months
1 nearly blinding desk lamp
0 medical texts or journals (These are located in the "library", which is only slightly bigger than the call room, and is located on the exact opposite end of the hospital)
Desk drawer contents:
7 pens, none of which work
1 legal notepad
1 exacto knife
Bathroom:
1 changing table
1 dirty mirror
1 barely functioning sink
1 surprisingly clean toilet
1 paper towel dispenser with paper towels

 

[Mumpu]

Favorite element:

Orange-capped UA/specimen jar filled with silver KY jelly packets taped to the wall above the desk with the inscription "In case of emergency, break seal" above it.