It turns out I’m a black cloud. Today there was a bomb threat at a government facility (not that there was a increase in patients because of this) and a train derailment. Only 2 patients from the derailment showed up to our ED, but the department was definitely a-buzz with excitement/ activity in anticipation for a potential influx of patients. It was good we only got 2 though because we had plenty enough to deal with (and according to my resident yesterday was pretty quiet). I got to do a thoracentesis and we also pulled a fishhook out of a kids cheek. The thora was kinda exciting and satisfying, but I also had to manually pull out the fluid with a syringe (no vacuum bottle) which was kinda tedious, but the guy was very thankful which is always a good feeling.
Still getting used to ED note writing, I feel like I never got a formal run down, and it almost feels like it doesn’t really matter what I right ’cause the resident is going to write is own note anyway, but it’s good practice. Also have the time when I’m talking to attendings its hard to tell if they are testing me or if they actually want to know what I think about a case. It’s likely both, but it just has different vibes than what I’m used to.
nANIMOv 