Official MCW Class of 2009 Thread

[Agent Splat]

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If you get to sleep with Winnie I'm going to be jealous.



Was is winnie or wanda?

Wanda. and she's only hot when she wasn't being a beyotch. and sadly, that was the majority of the show. she also kind of looked like a rodent.

i don't know why he put up with her. Or why Vinnie put up with Janine. SHE was a Grade A bitch too.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Thanks Don! This is the kind of crap they need to be teaching us in CER.

I hereby nominate Don as the new CER course director. Hope he enjoys the new position.

 

[Ashers]

Thanks Don! This is the kind of crap they need to be teaching us in CER.

Thanks Don! Gimlet, since when do they teach us anything in CER. 1st they need to start teaching.

 

[45408]

more importantly, how did YOU find them, and why were you looking in them? you sick freak.

fyi, mouthing words at me comes dangerously closer than either of us has come before. you better watch it.

I was looking for some old journal for MIM, and I happened to notice those. I wonder if it's Liard's private stash or something.

 

[akpete]

Awesome post Don!!! The only SOAP note I know how to write is for athletic training. Doesn't exactly lend itself well to the hospital.

CER sucks. The class makes me hate life. I was at home on Thursday for a funeral (great grandpa couldn't take the nursing home I guess), and we got 11 inches and big winds that day at home. All the schools in the area cancelled for both Thurs and Fri. So emailed both the CER email and Dr. Mitchell Thurs night to see if I had to make it back for CER Friday afternoon. Guess when I got a response ... last night. 😡 And turns out I wouldn't have had to go. Most of the drive wasn't bad, so I was just 25 minutes late. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

I have to go to my 3rd clinical H&P tomorrow. I hate it. I'm not getting anything out of it except how little of the physical exam I have memorized, which I don't give a **** about until the 3rd week in April. And the coordinator set me up with a different doctor for the last 3 visits, so I feel like I'm starting over.

Anyone else notice that Leslie seems to be back? I'm confused. I thought she quit?

 

[Agent Splat]

if anybody knows where I can get some candy cigarettes around here PLEASE let me know. i'm going crazy. and no, Funk. lollipops will NOT suffice.

 

[akpete]

if anybody knows where I can get some candy cigarettes around here PLEASE let me know. i'm going crazy. and no, Funk. lollipops will NOT suffice.

Search the internet. Don't sell 'em in the stores anymore. Damn shame. How else are kids gonna learn how to smoke properly these days.

 

[Agent Splat]

Search the internet. Don't sell 'em in the stores anymore. Damn shame. How else are kids gonna learn how to smoke properly these days.

you sure they don't? I know they're all over the internet. but pretty sure it's not illegal to sell them now that they're "candy sticks."

 

[akpete]

you sure they don't? I know they're all over the internet. but pretty sure it's not illegal to sell them now that they're "candy sticks."

Well, I guess I haven't looked recently. You're probably right.

 

[Agent Splat]

Well, I guess I haven't looked recently. You're probably right.

and you thought you could win this little game of wits, did ye??? wahahaha!!!!!

yeah, i seriously need to get to bed.

 

[Gimlet]

and you thought you could win this little game of wits, did ye??? wahahaha!!!!!

yeah, i seriously need to get to bed.

FYI, Chad Vader made it onto Web Junk's list of the 40 Greatest Internet Superstars. Vote for his ranking among the top 40 here: http://webjunk.tv/gis/

 

[Xandie]

New vocab word:

"Curbside": An unofficial consult, i.e. I paged Don with a urology question yesterday. He asked his fifth year resident, and paged me back the answer.

 

[indo]

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on that note, here is me taking a test:

😕 later that day 😱 😡

 

[donnyfire]

New vocab word:

"Curbside": An unofficial consult, i.e. I paged Don with a urology question yesterday. He asked his fifth year resident, and paged me back the answer.

Take note. This is how things are done! JMS's make the world go 'round.

"scut": totally worthless, mindless work, not related to patient care, that residents send you to do so they don't have to (but it is their responsibility).

 

[Agent Splat]

Take note. This is how things are done! JMS's make the world go 'round.

"scut": totally worthless, mindless work, not related to patient care, that residents send you to do so they don't have to (but it is their responsibility).

examples of stuff you've actually seen or had to do? don't leave us hanging here!!!

 

[indo]

Doesn't MCW make an effort to keep my 130 dollars/day scut free?

 

[Xandie]

Some scut is running around drawing blood cultures, calling the lab because they decided they didn't feel like running the BMP on your patient even though you really need Na and Cr levels to do your FeNa equation prior to rounds and then you have to explain that the lab sucks, calling people's weird family members, etc.

Some of it is actually scut, like copying pages or looking up articles or getting dinner. But it's mostly the stuff at the beginning--stuff that you could learn from. At least, in my experience, that's been the case.

Incidentally, I should be working on a presentation right now but I got called in to Kaplan tonight so I just got home twenty minutes ago. I am NOT going to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tomorrow. No sir.

 

[Gimlet]

How about manual disimpactions?

 

[Agent Splat]

How about manual disimpactions?

your hopeful tone disturbs me. pervert.

 

[Gimlet]

your hopeful tone disturbs me. pervert.

I think your reading into my "hopeful tone" speaks more about you than it does me. I suppose I should have included the scaredy 🙂scared: ) smiley just to clarify for sickos such as yourself. 😛

Actually, I seriously was concerned about this after reading a post in the EM forum describing a disimpaction that took a student 3 hours. 😱

 

[Xandie]

To be honest, I've never had to do it. I did have to try and hold someone's anus open during cancer staging surgery to help decompress the bowel though...

 

[Agent Splat]

To be honest, I've never had to do it. I did have to try and hold someone's anus open during cancer staging surgery to help decompress the bowel though...

the pleasantly reminiscent tone in your voice sickens me. pervert.

 

[Xandie]

Marc! Come fix my TV.

And I have a lovely voice. You love me.

 

[Agent Splat]

Marc! Come fix my TV.

And I have a lovely voice. You love me.

i have a video of the last TV repair I did...
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X5jEUF7eEE[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Xandie]

Wait, which one is supposed to be you?

😛

 

[Agent Splat]

Wait, which one is supposed to be you?

😛

let's just say I actually DON'T know anything about TV repair.

does that help? (ps...those shorts/panties are much more comfy than they look)

 

[Xandie]

My TV isn't functioning and I'm STILL working on this stupid presentation. But on the other hand...

... isn't she adorable? (I obviously mean the cat).

 

[DoctorFunk]

My 200 lb. TV died today after only 16 months (with a year warranty, of course). Now I need to drag the thing down to the dumpster and go buy another overpriced monstrosity.

The good news is that researching which TV to buy next will prevent me from doing homework for at least a few hours over the next few days. Good times.

 

[45408]

To be honest, I've never had to do it. I did have to try and hold someone's anus open during cancer staging surgery to help decompress the bowel though...

I'd feel like the goatse man if I had to do that. Bleck.

 

[Gimlet]

My 200 lb. TV died today ... Now I need to drag the thing down to the dumpster and go buy another overpriced monstrosity.

Sounds like the TV gods are telling you to go for a plasma screen.

 

[DoctorFunk]

Sounds like the TV gods are telling you to go for a plasma screen.

Yeah, that would be wonderful. Unfortunately my wife is set on a budget that is about $200 less than the Sony I want to pick up (another huge 200 lb. tube TV beast) so I'm sitting here contemplating whether I want to wait around for prices to (potentially) drop or start hawking off my old-school video game systems and accessories to make up the difference. Life is complimicated.

 

[indo]

Check www.shopzilla.com

You can enter the model number of the TV you're looking at and it'll find the cheapest prices online.

 

[45408]

Yeah, that would be wonderful. Unfortunately my wife is set on a budget that is about $200 less than the Sony I want to pick up (another huge 200 lb. tube TV beast) so I'm sitting here contemplating whether I want to wait around for prices to (potentially) drop or start hawking off my old-school video game systems and accessories to make up the difference. Life is complimicated.

Craigslist, dude. I found a 32" Sony Wega on there in July with a stand right in my price range of $300. Turns out that I ended buying it from (without knowing this before responding to the ad) Derrick Woodward. I had never met him before that.

 

[Gimlet]

Craigslist, dude. I found a 32" Sony Wega on there in July with a stand right in my price range of $300. Turns out that I ended buying it from (without knowing this before responding to the ad) Derrick Woodward. I had never met him before that.

I remember him last summer telling me he was about to go sell a TV to an incoming M1...never knew it was you.

 

[45408]

I remember him last summer telling me he was about to go sell a TV to an incoming M1...never knew it was you.

Yours truly it is. He was really nice too - he came over to my place (he lives in New Berlin, I live a mile north of school in Tosa) just to help me carry it up my stairs. Like Funk, it's a 180 lb. tube, and there's no way my wife and I could have done it. He and I were straining at a few points on the stairs. My wife and I carried the couch up our stairs.....let's just say that next time I'm gonna pay the $60 for delivery.

 

[Xandie]

I just met Prowler... who didn't tell me his real name, which is kinda weird. But yeah, so there! I exist!

 

[45408]

I just met Prowler... who didn't tell me his real name, which is kinda weird. But yeah, so there! I exist!

I told you my name, but apparently you also wanted my "real name." 🙄 So I went back and told you.

 

[indo]

hey! we've got a new gunner on the phys board!! woohooo.

 

[Gimlet]

hey! we've got a new gunner on the phys board!! woohooo.

ooh! What's s/he doing?

 

[45408]

hey! we've got a new gunner on the phys board!! woohooo.

If you mean Jay-Z, then I don't know why he's doing that. Even if I know someone's wrong (they're arguing that when a patient comes in, you should check circulation before Airway and Breathing, and it's a no-brainer - ABC, in that order), I'll just let the faculty decide.

 

[indo]

ooh! What's s/he doing?

The same ol' crap...going through every post and listing reasons why people are wrong.

Maybe the forum postings end up on transcripts...

 

[donnyfire]

examples of stuff you've actually seen or had to do? don't leave us hanging here!!!

Looking up information (phone numbers, etc.) in old medical records on patients you've never seen, just so the resident can clean out her "to do" list on the electronic medical record (EMR).

My TV isn't functioning and I'm STILL working on this stupid presentation. But on the other hand...

... isn't she adorable? (I obviously mean the cat).

Hot.

If you mean Jay-Z, then I don't know why he's doing that. Even if I know someone's wrong (they're arguing that when a patient comes in, you should check circulation before Airway and Breathing, and it's a no-brainer - ABC, in that order), I'll just let the faculty decide.

Please tell me this is an example, and that some ***** isn't actually trying to make this argument. Sorry for the tone, it's getting to be a long week. Urology rounds tomorrow, VAMC, 0530 (don't forget to pre-round). 😴

 

[Xandie]

Don, did you just spill mayo on yourself again?

 

[indo]

Please tell me this is an example, and that some ***** isn't actually trying to make this argument. Sorry for the tone, it's getting to be a long week. Urology rounds tomorrow, VAMC, 0530 (don't forget to pre-round). 😴

Well, they know the ABC thing but the way the question was worded made some people second guess themselves and now they're pissed.

It asked something like, "If a person is in hem. shock what is the first thing to do?"
A. Circulation
B. Ventilation
C. Airway
D. Wallet biopsy


I figured from the answer choices that he was referring to when he said "you always secure an airway first" or something along those lines. But, the distractor kind of sets the situation to be as if you've been working on the person for a while and you've figured out that they are in hem. shock. If you overthink the question like that then you're going to put A.

So, if you reword the question:

"if a person goes into shock in front of you, what do you do first?"

or

"if a person goes into hem. shock what do you need to do to promote compensation?"


Does he want to know if I know what is causing the shock or does he want to know if I know what the ABCs are?

 

[indo]

Don, did you just spill mayo on yourself again?

Did you mean to ask him if he literally spilled mayo on himself or did you just ask him if he "spilled mayo on himself" after seeing that picture? 😱

 

[45408]

here was the first post:

29. The clinician should address which of the following FIRST when stabilizing a patient in hemorrhagic shock?

A. Circulation.
B. Disability.
C. Breathing.
D. Airway.
E. Extremities.

This is probably a case of me over-thinking a question, but here was my reasoning:

If a person is severely bleeding, ie. in hemorrhagic shock, isn't the first and most logical step to stop the bleeding? Assuming you are the only responder to an emergency, you're not going to save the patient by checking their airway if in the meantime they're bleeding profusely. Once they lose too much blood (as you're stablizing the airway and breathing) the shock becomes progressive and irreversible. So, I chose A, circulation, since it's the closest option to 'stop the bleeding'!

You can tell s/he was never in EMS, because ABC!!!! If they're laying in a pool of blood, you might want to see if they're even alive first. Bandaging someone with rigor mortis wouldn't make a lot of sense.

 

[45408]

And um, M2s, there's someone who is kind of in your class and kind of in our class, and she REALLY does not understand the idea behind the phys discussion board. Simply posting every question you got wrong with "Well, I thought it was D" isn't going to help.

And yeah, Jay-Z is still going to town, picking apart people's arguments. What is he thinking? He's not gonna lose points!

 

[DoctorFunk]

And yeah, Jay-Z is still going to town, picking apart people's arguments. What is he thinking? He's not gonna lose points!

Sounds like a lynchmob is in order. I'll get the torches.

 

[indo]

Wanda. and she's only hot when she wasn't being a beyotch. and sadly, that was the majority of the show. she also kind of looked like a rodent.

i don't know why he put up with her. Or why Vinnie put up with Janine. SHE was a Grade A bitch too.

Winnie Cooper was on Life Goes On. That show was good. Then she was half nekkid in maxim or whatever.

Is this wanda?

 

[Gimlet]

Winnie Cooper was on Life Goes On. That show was good. Then she was half nekkid in maxim or whatever.

Winnie Cooper was on The Wonder Years. Now the actress that played her, Danica McKellar has a PhD in Mathematics, and is published.