The perfect shift.

[DrQuinn]

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Damn. Got off 10 minutes after my shift was over. Had nothing to sign out. It was THE perfect overnight shift for me. Only saw ten patients (average normlaly 16-20 in an 8 hour on the main ED), but two tubes (one CPR with ROSC and normal neuro function!), one LP in an 60 year old HIVVER with clean champagne tap, PE on CTA chest, Dx'd my only second ectopic by U/S, and a couple of other REAL patients. No drug seekers. No fibromyalgics. Plus I got to sit around for 4 hours, shoot the crap with the nurses, and get paid doing it.

THE MOST PERFECT SHIFT EVER. I would work all nights if I could have more like that.... I love Emergency Medicine!😍

Q

 

[DocYuki]

Wow man, that sounds awesome! A night shift that actually rocks? Don't night shifts blow away both the day before and after the shift? Then, how do you juggle that with life outside of the hospital?

EM is at the top of my list of possibilities (I have all of medical school yet to decide), but lifestyle is an important consideration and I must know!

 

[EctopicFetus]

It is true nights screw you up a little. the key is to do a string. the free time you will have is amazing. IMO it is better if you are someone who knows how to enjoy your time alone and like doing things off schedule. You will have days off when you work weekends etc so you can run your errands when others work.

My wife has a semi flexible career so it works out great for us.

 

[beyond all hope]

You only see 16-20 in an 8 hour shift! That's pretty cool right there.

In an 90K visit ED, I almost won. I had ONE patient left at 6:30, who turned out to have a positive CT scan and needed a surgical consult. When you empty the ED, you win.

I've had some good shifts, but nothing like Quinn described. My last shift at our clinical site was turning out to be almost perfect: 2 med students, lots of time to teach and sit around.

Then we got a code and ROSC but braindead. Heck, I got a central line out of it, but then the Primary bitched and moaned and didn't want to admit (we have an open ICU at our clinical site) and wasted my time trying to get me to transfer the patient out while said patient was slowly crashing.

Haven't tubed anyone in months...

 

[Dr.Evil1]

We have a modular system and whenever you empty out your module the resident is supposed to do an "empty module dance". It is pretty funny, the nurses turn off all the lights and take the overhead arm lights and make kind of a dance club type scene.

I personally really like working nights. I like coming into the shift and being busy and then slowing down towards 4 or 5 am and being able to clean everything up before you go home. I think that I like working nights because I LOVE to drink lots of coffee too

 

[Dr. Will]

I must be really tired...I read the thread title as the "perfect ****," you know, like the kind when you wipe and there's nothing on the tp.

 

[SolidGold]

I must be really tired...I read the thread title as the "perfect ****," you know, like the kind when you wipe and there's nothing on the tp.

I think the cold weather in Chicago is getting to you.

 

[roja]

Quinn! isn't it fun to love what you do..... 🙂

 

[EctopicFetus]

Quinn! isn't it fun to love what you do..... 🙂

Dont tell the medicine or GSurg guys..

 

[Annette]

Dont tell the medicine or GSurg guys..

Too Late!

But have you ever had the joy of diagnosing tertiary syphillis and porphyria on the same day? That made my month!