Tonight I encouraged my fellow to admit a heart patient to the medicine service. She needed a pacemaker. Any intern in the hospital can call the electrophysiologist to see her, so the fellow was inclined to “dump” to medicine. *NOTE* A dump is when one service or physician sends the patient to […]
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Azygous has posed this question to me…
Why does my cat like to take showers with me? Really, he just loves the water.
Dear Azygous,
Although I can’t answer why your cat takes showers with you, I can tell you that my cat takes showers with me because she loves me. She has always liked water as […]
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OK, lots of great inspiring comments from yesterdays plea for ideas. I’ll tackle this one first, because a bright enthusiastic medical student would really brighten up my service! Here is a question from Inspire:
How about tips for med students to not drive interns and attendings crazy?
Great question, inspire! My answer, and my […]
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