up at 3 am

[oldman]

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it's 3 am here and i'm up to see a patient. one of the things you'll have to think about before this whole process is whether you'll feel like waking up at 3 am to see a patient. i'm waiting for my junior resident to come up to the floor now is why i'm not seeing the patient at this moment.

 

[Tim Haas]

im so ready for this...GOD just give me the chance......

 

[oldman]

i remember those days of being so ready for it. now i'm more like ehh. i have a feeling like most people eventually it can become a blehh. i love taking care of patients, but when you're tired you can forget that fact.

now where is that resident? i wonder if she fell back asleep.

 

[Gutierrez001]

Oldman i feel your pain, I work at mount siani(I am a er tech) at Miami beach and its 6:30am and I just cant wait to get home. I work the 7pm-7am shift.

 

[NubianPrincess]

sucks.

 

[phleebie]

i agree - i work as a phlebotomist at a local hospital and i am routinely woken up in the middle of the night by my beeper - its always one of the techs telling me that someone has missed their shift and I need to come in to cover. i dont mind my job at all (in fact i genuinely enjoy it most of the time) but that all changes when i'm sticking needles in patients at 3am . . .

 

[mamaMD]

I have 2 little kids so waking up numerous times at night and not going back to sleep, or being up all night, is something I am used to. Still aint no fun though 🙁

I know it's not exactly the same thing but no sleep is no sleep.

 

[oldman]

that kid i woke up for is now doing better. probably some gastroenteritis. we rounded at 0700 and i finished up with my work aroun 11 am. so total hours at hospital started 7am the day before adds up to 28 hours. phew 2 hours before i go over the limit set by the course.

i actually don't mind the hours, it's that waking up to round feeling that's hard. otherwise i'm chugging along. in fact when i got home i went for a one hour bike ride.

 

[Pir8DeacDoc]

sounds like a pretty normal day on the surgery service to me. 😉 The worst day I recall started at 5:30 am rounding on my patients. Multiple classes throughout the day and then a few surgeries and clinic to cover. On call and we got beeped every hour non-stop throughout the night with surgery consults. Actually had to finish a work up for SBO in the ED and head to see my patients at 5:30 am again. We finished rounding mid 10 or so in the morning. A very solid 30 hours without sleep. I actually loved it, but I'm one of those silly people that wants to be a surgeon. Hope third year treats you all well!

 

[Dr. Macenat]

im so ready for this...GOD just give me the chance......

I feel you Tim !!!

 

[Psycho Doctor]

How many of you posting are med students? residents? attendings?