All in Just Another Day
In this edition of the Physician Grind we explore the temptations that we as physicians face when being offered gifts by pharmaceutical companies or patients. In the end it is about providing unbiased care to our patients but sometimes that's hard when we are offered front row tickets to a ball game or a trip to an exotic island
It’s every EM resident’s dream to be part of a big procedure. The rush of a heart pounding, adrenaline filled moment of slamming in a chest tube, criching someone, or being part of the big show, a thoracotomy. The holy grail.
I'm on my neurosurgery rotation. Wake up at 3am. Get in at 4am. Round on the patients on the service. Round with the Attending and my senior neurosurgery resident. Go to clinic. See consults. Senior resident is a little off today. He’s being a complete dick about dumb stuff.
It’s the first day on my 4th year elective in the Emergency Department. I had orientation in the morning and just my luck I am scheduled for a night shift. I had no idea that what I was getting myself into. I guess I’ll just jump into the deep end. Sink or swim.
