Running Commentary of a Random Day

My first patient of the day was a STEMI (heart attack). Busy beaver this AM. 37 years old. Yes, you heard me right. 37. No risk factors. NONE. No family history, not a smoker or drinker, eats well, exercises daily. Therefore, I shall use this as my excuse to never exercise, eat like shit, and drink to my heart's content.


THEN:

A gallbladder and 2 ear infections.

Do you ever find it weird that we refer to patients by their diagnosis and not their name? Even though I do it online for privacy reasons, we still do it in real life.

"Hey Lucy - can you medicate my gallbladder in Exam 2 please?"


NEXT:

Migraine (my own).

Trauma Chart Reviews for an hour.


TIME FOR LUNCH.

Another chest pain after lunch, another Migraine, a Peeing blood, and abdominal pain, and a r/o labor.

Then I got transferred to OB with my r/o labor and finished my shift there.

Rural Medicine is great.