Rearview Mirror: Ectopic Must be Dead!

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BKN said:
Well, apparently she's a woman of her word. That's a good thing. Request you take her name off the thread title in the interest of good fellowship.
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hyperbaric said:
Disclaimer: I was in no way involved with the creation or naming of this thread.
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Scoffberries! SoCute approved the name of this thread....
 
Well, maybe not the part with her name in it...
 
Fine, I'll change it, ok?

DO YOU HEAR ME SOCUTEMD, I AM CHANGING IT!!!!
 
Ok, I can't seem to change it 😳
 
Request credit for good faith effort? 🙁
 
I miss SoCute 🙁
 
Hard24Get said:
Well, it changes the post title but not the official thread title.
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WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I did it - I just copied the thread, renamed it, and deleted the other one! :clap:
 
So how badly did it kill you to not post in this forum???
 
So I actually had an exciting night...someone upstairs and down the hall of the apt had a fire. Almost didn't leave for smoke alarm, but decided to for some reason. Good thing. Anyway, that floor part is soaked all to 2 doors down from me, and my floor has water down to about 3 doors from me. Enough of a scare for me to get renter's insurance though. Great way for me to enjoy my first night back here!!!!!
 
Ortho is tiring but fun. Learning lots. But again, tired. I'm averaging maybe 4-5 hours of sleep during my 10 hour breaks. Two more nights until I have a FULL night off. I miss going to the gym and actually having a semblance of a life.
 
BKN said:
Well, apparently she's a woman of her word. That's a good thing. Request you take her name off the thread title in the interest of good fellowship.🙂
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When did SoCute say she was going to boycott, anyway? And if she's back, wehere is she? 😕
 
I said it in the other thread where you asked where the new rearview thread was 😛. I wasn't going to post it in HERE!!

I'm around - been working on a paper for school all weekend. BLAH!
 
SoCuteMD said:
I said it in the other thread where you asked where the new rearview thread was 😛. I wasn't going to post it in HERE!!

I'm around - been working on a paper for school all weekend. BLAH!
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Oh. If I had noticed that threat I wouldn't have even tried it! :laugh:

Ah well. Was working all weekend, now I feel stupid 🙁
 
Hey guys. I was asked in my Neuro clerkship to write an essay on an act of professionalism I witnessed on rotations. It moved me so much that I thought I should share. Here is the essay I wrote, all based on real experiences. May we all learn something from Jane Doe's sacrifices:

Dr. Jane Doe was not just a resident but also a mentor; someone who I had always admired. She was always on time, never stumbled with her words, and always took the time to teach her underlings well with care. I had always respected her, but it was only until yesterday's events at the emergency room that I truly began to admire her.



The day had started out innocently enough: just another consult for a stroke patient. Jane entered the room and performed a full exam with absolute perfection. She then proceeded to explain with such detail, yet such certainty that even I with my simple M3 ears could follow along. The patient smiled, chewing on his beef stroganoff, saying how happy she was to have the best care she could have. I nodded, feeling humbled in the presence of Dr. Doe, and we quickly parted ways.



What happened next came as a shock to us all. It started with a simple cough. I hesitated and turned around, wondering if we should go back. But I thought the better of it. 'The attending really needs me to fill out those progress reports. I can't let him down!', I thought, as I slowly turned back. But then the coughs grew more violent. Alarms started going off everywhere. Staff was swarming in like flies. There was more chaos and panic than an airport hijacking.



The patient's husband came out in a panic. 'She's choking!! She's going to die!', he said, with tears in his eyes. I saw a brief look of disbelief in Jane's eyes, only to be replaced by a look of sudden resolve and determination. 'Not on my watch', she deftly said, as she quickly dashed back to the bedroom. 'It's ok, I think we have the situation under control. Go back to your boss', said the nurses on duty.



'No', said Jane, her voice hard as rock, 'I only have one boss. My patient.' She had just finished a 30 hour shift, but at that moment, she appeared more attractive to me than any Sport's Illustrated Swimsuit model could have ever hoped to be.



The patient lay in her bed, gasping. There was very little time. Suddenly, she looked at Jane, and a tear came down her eye. To us, it was just another procedure, but to the patient, her savior had come.



In a flash, before I could even see what had happened, Jane quickly began the Heimlich maneuver. She squeezed and pushed with every little ounce of strength that her delicate hands could give, with dexterity that I could only hope to achieve in my lifetime. At first it seemed to no avail. The patient was slowly slipping out of consciousness. 'We're losing her!', cried the nurse in avail.



''There's only ONE loser here", shouted Jane, "My arch-nemesis: Death!", and with everything she had, she made one last push, and fired out the half-digested piece of beef into the air. The beef soared in the air with perfect trajectory, like a weapon of mass destruction from an imaginary Iraqi base, and landed in the infectious waste depository, never to asphyxiate anyone again.



For a moment, everyone was silent. Then, I slowly started to clap. Everyone around me followed suit. Jane stood there, visibly drained, yet never taking a moment to endulge herself. It was never about her. A tear slowly trickled down my right eye as I watched in utter idolization.



If I had to use one word to describe my feelings at that moment, it would be 'awe'. If she was a celebrity, I would merely be paparazzi, scurrying away to try to give importance to my meaningless existence, wishing I could be more. Never had I seen such altruism and compassion from a fellow teammate. It would have been so easy for her to discard this duty. She could have easily said that she was off call, and let the nurses handle it. The patient might have been saved, either way. But it truly took leadership to bravely jump back into fire to help those who truly depend on you.



'You saved me Doctor!', sobbed the patient. 'This young, inexperienced medical student is truly blessed to have a role model like you!'



'It was nothing', said Jane, maintaining her heavenly calm demeanor. 'I was just doing my job.' She calmly reassured the patient, and then walked off into the distance, going wherever destiny might take her.



I looked on and smiled. Today I had truly learned the meaning of dedication, altruism, and compassion. What it meant to give your all to your patient, to put your needs aside for their sake, became perfectly clear, a lesson I would never forget. Jane was incredible. If I hadn't been taught professionalism so well by my faculty, I might have even asked her out. I knew I would never stand a chance though. She only had one love: saving lives.
 
:barf: They should totally fail your A$$.
 
Psssh, if you cant appreciate true heroism and dedication, how can you be human??
 
prazmatic said:
Psssh, if you cant appreciate true heroism and dedication, how can you be human??
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I will have to say that is one amazing write up. I probably would have been feeling the same way you were.
 
School starts tomorrow again 🙁
 
Hard24Get said:
:barf: They should totally fail your A$$.
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Agreed... there is no way that actually happened the way you said.

I'm going to have to call FMcFP on that, big time.

Noone ever actually says "Not on my watch," or "I only have one boss, my patient."

Nevermind that a genuine stroke patient should not be eating without a swallow eval, in general.

This one especially made me cringe: "''There's only ONE loser here", shouted Jane, "My arch-nemesis: Death!", " :laugh:

You'll have to try again.
 
DeLaughterDO said:
Agreed... there is no way that actually happened the way you said.

I'm going to have to call FMcFP on that, big time.

Noone ever actually says "Not on my watch," or "I only have one boss, my patient."

Nevermind that a genuine stroke patient should not be eating without a swallow eval, in general.

This one especially made me cringe: "''There's only ONE loser here", shouted Jane, "My arch-nemesis: Death!", " :laugh:

You'll have to try again.
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:meanie: Maybe praz is a writer and likes to write dramatically...
 
SDN will actually let you make your prose purple, if the hyperbole alone won't suffice. 😉
 
DeLaughterDO said:
Nevermind that a genuine stroke patient should not be eating without a swallow eval, in general.
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That's what I was wondering. No decent Neurologist I know would just be watching a stroke patient eat, and good luck getting admitted to Neurology otherwise. And maybe she should have gone into a different field if death is her archnemesis (a nice touch, btw) :laugh:
 
You know, EM is really hard. The IM PGY-2s are struggling right along with me in my Sub-I.

I haven't been in the ED for a long time and don't do IVs anywhere else, so I missed my first couple of IVs. I got a lecture on how IVs are a big part of EM, blah, blah, and I didn't know how to read a C-spine.

Maybe I am too dumb for EM and I should go into something that requires less knowledge, like surgery, I am a whiz with a scalpel and suture :meanie:
 
Will I get smarter? 🙁
 
DeLaughterDO said:
Agreed... there is no way that actually happened the way you said.

I'm going to have to call FMcFP on that, big time.

Noone ever actually says "Not on my watch," or "I only have one boss, my patient."

Nevermind that a genuine stroke patient should not be eating without a swallow eval, in general.

This one especially made me cringe: "''There's only ONE loser here", shouted Jane, "My arch-nemesis: Death!", " :laugh:

You'll have to try again.
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1) How do you know she didnt already have the swallow eval? I didnt know either when I saw the patient. She could have just asphyxiated like you or I could have.

2) My resident is VERY passionate! How I wish I could be her! 😍

3) FM... who?

KentW said:
SDN will actually let you make your prose purple, if the hyperbole alone won't suffice. 😉
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Duly noted! 🙂

Hard24Get said:
That's what I was wondering. No decent Neurologist I know would just be watching a stroke patient eat, and good luck getting admitted to Neurology otherwise. And maybe she should have gone into a different field if death is her archnemesis (a nice touch, btw) :laugh:
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I never said she was a neurologist, or that she admitted/cared for the patient to that point. I just said we did a consult together. One of the residents who worked on our Neurology team was in Internal Medicine doing his neuro elective. Presumptuous, arent we? 😉
 
prazmatic said:
Im glad someone here isnt a HATER!! 🙂
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I dunno, she had the mean laugh smilie before she said that.

I'm not saying it wasn't funny. You could probably be Panda Bear's understudy! :idea:
 
Hard24Get said:

I dunno, she had the mean laugh smilie before she said that.

I'm not saying it wasn't funny. You could probably be Panda Bear's understudy! :idea:
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Ahh Panda Bear, my old nemesis from the Everyone forum. Its been a long time since Ive heard that name. Does he still post about?
 
prazmatic said:
Ahh Panda Bear, my old nemesis from the Everyone forum. Its been a long time since Ive heard that name. Does he still post about?
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Nemesis? He is an EM resident, we are all practically family. Stop with the drama, already 🙄

He is not around as much, occasionally posting here and there, but his blog is poppin' - pandabearmd.com
 
Hard24Get said:

Nemesis? He is an EM resident, we are all practically family. Stop with the drama, already 🙄

He is not around as much, occasionally posting here and there, but his blog is poppin' - pandabearmd.com
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Hehe, I know. I had my gripes with panda a few times, back in the day (before i appreciated his sarcasm), but I am long past that. I did read the blog, theres alot of good stuff in there. 👍👍
 
I can't believe you guys caved and changed the title. And where the hell is Ectopic?
 
Dr. Will said:
I can't believe you guys caved and changed the title. And where the hell is Ectopic?
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Quiet, you! I didn't exactly see you around giving back-up 👎

And -
refer to the title, Ectopic must be dead! :meanie:
 
ah yes, the legend of Fatty McFattypants. I remember my early days on SDN, when I, too, wondered about the origin of this mysterious "Fatty McFattypants"
 
Was it a real person who ran afoul of SDN heavies?
 
Was it some type of slant against the obese?
 
Was I, somehow, a Fatty McFattypants? :scared:
 
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