Funny shadowing experiences?

[VackAttack]

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The only other non-trad shadowing experience was from 2004, so I decided to start a new post here... because after all, what non-trad really cares what all the other normal, no-life, can-study-all-day traditional students do anyways, right? 😉

Anyways, I'm getting to shadow a craniofacial surgeon soon and it got me thinking... do any of yall have stories from when you were shadowing a Dr that are embarrassing or funny? Did anyone faint in the OR? Did anyone make themselves look like a complete fool?

PLEASE SHARE YOUR STORIES SO WE CAN ALL GET A GOOD LAUGH!

I should really be studying for my last final tomorrow.............

 

[scarshapedstar]

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[QofQuimica]

I just want to remind everyone that before you post any stories about patients, you should de-identify them. Violation of patient privacy is a major no-no in medicine, to the point that health care workers (including doctors) who violate patient privacy can be fired or prosecuted for it. Even as a premed, it is unethical (and almost certainly illegal) to post any protected health information that could allow someone to figure out who the patient being discussed is. So please think before you post, especially if you have made your geographic location public. And if you're in doubt, best to err on the side of not posting.

 

[LingoLaine]

I shadowed my own ob/gyn during the last six weeks of my pregnancy (in clinic and hospital). Toward the end, it was somewhat amusing when pregnant women (37+ weeks), noticing that I too was pregnant, would ask me when I was due. I tend to show really late so they were always VERY surprised to hear that I was actually due BEFORE them. Many of these women delivered before me and I got to attend a couple of their births!

 

[Slev]

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[Deekle]

[SIZE=+1]Man shoots suspected prowler in buttocks with (hunting) arrow (Kelso WA)[/SIZE]
The News Tribune (Tacoma WA) ^ | 12/15/09

Posted on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:31:57 PM by llevrok

Kelso, Wash., police say a man used his compound bow to interrupt an apparent break-in at a nearby vacant home, wounding a fleeing man in the buttocks.
Police say the Kelso man grabbed his hunting bow late Sunday night and chased a suspected prowler for more than three blocks. When the fleeing man refused to stop, the bowhunter shot him with a broadhead arrow.
A 32-year-old Longview man later sought treatment at St. John Medical Center for an arrow wound to the left buttock. Doctors removed the arrow tip and the man was listed in satisfactory condition Monday. Kelso Police Capt. Vern Thompson says there were no immediate arrests and the investigation continues. He says charges against both men are possible.


Saw a similar case recently while shadowing. A broadhead arrow to the butt is no joke.

 

[scarshapedstar]

I used to be a prowler like you...

 

[Deekle]

I used to be a prowler like you...

Do tell....

 

[scarshapedstar]

Do tell....

...then I took an arrow in the butt.

 

[Deekle]

I hate it when that happens.

 

[Teach4us2MD]

I shadowed a cardiologist this week. I observed a cardiac catheterization prior to a pacemaker placement. As the patient was getting prepped, the nurses were using the pa system to communicate through the lead glass. As they are discussing what medications are getting pushed into his IV through the PA, he "discreetly" asks the cardiologist for another surgical consult, a penile implant, for after his pacemaker surgery since, "he'd already be knocked out anyway". Both rooms erupted in laughter.