Dismissed from second rotation

[TorqueConversion]

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I went in with a few residents and the attending to do a bedside BAL in the ICU. I was told to hold to anchor the ET tube by the attending, something I had never heard of before. After about 5 minutes, I switch hands. 10 minutes pass, nothing goes wrong, and the attending tells me to switch hands to the prior position. I told him the position I was previously held my hand in before was very uncomfortable and I am still maintaining the anchoring as he mentioned. Somehow this word got to my preceptor (who I have had almost not contact with during this rotation) and they wrote to my program that they are dismissing me from the rotation because I compromised a patient's airway. The administration put me on suspension and is considering dismissing me from the program. The meeting I held with program told me that this incident shows that I am insubordinate and lack judgment - I am currently in limbo what to do if I end up getting expelled and what do with 100s of thousands dollars in student loans debt.

 

[xffan624]

Your story doesn't seem to add up. One incident gets you dismissed from a rotation? Did the patient crump while you were doing this? This can't be the first event or the whole story.

Is this is your second dismissal or is this just your second rotation?

 

[TorqueConversion]

Your story doesn't seem to add up. One incident gets you dismissed from a rotation? Did the patient crump while you were doing this? This can't be the first event or the whole story.

Is this is your second dismissal or is this just your second rotation?

It is my first dismissal.
The story is really unusual and I have been looking online for any precedents. Nothing went clinically wrong in this incident, it was just not how the attending wanted my hand to hold on to the ET tube. My program says their hands are in a bind because the preceptor made a motion to dismiss me and there is nothing they can do.

 

[NITRAS]

Your story doesn't seem to add up. One incident gets you dismissed from a rotation? Did the patient crump while you were doing this? This can't be the first event or the whole story.

Is this is your second dismissal or is this just your second rotation?

The OP, "compromised a patient's airway" then gave the attending backtalk while doing it.

 

[TorqueConversion]

The OP, "compromised a patient's airway" then gave the attending backtalk while doing it.

The OP, "compromised a patient's airway" then gave the attending backtalk while doing it.

There were some significant technical discrepancies with what was reported and what actually happened. To be clear, what was reported by the preceptor (he is administrative) doesn't even make sense on closer inspection.

 

[Goro]

See also this:
Program attempting to dismiss me

Suggest moderators combine both threads?

 

[GoSpursGo]

I think this can be handled with one thread. Those wishing to continue discussing may do so in the thread linked above.