when you are sent from the er to the icu with the zoll to show the icu resident how to use the pacing module, know that arrogance can be cured in a fleeting moment. when he tells you to pt the ma on and set the rate and then hand him the pads......
fortunatly, he was ok after an ekg, rest and some humble pie!!!
That an order for PO tylenol is not a good idea for a yellow patient, with a temp of 104.0 who is unresponsive.
That some need to be convinced that a maintenance IV of 150 cc/hr is not a good idea for a patient with CHF.
That even though they think that they have hidden the used sharps in the wastebasket- somebody will find them (not good)
That you need to check the BP before you administer IV lopressor, and no I will not push it on a patient with a BP of 76/38.
That it is not good to tell the family of an A&O patient with a nasty GI bleed that he has only 30% chance of making it through surgery while he is in hearing range. It will make him cry and the nurse will cry too.
You know, What's really funny is I don't remember what happened to that jerk...I do remember the geeky, sweet chief attending who calmly pulled the curatain after politely asking that the room be emptied of visitors and then proceeded to replace all the lines and tubes even before the patient was picked up off the floor.
Luckily the patient never knew this happened and was not any worse for wear...not that you could BE any worse after a wrecking ball hits you midcenter, crushing the pelvis and doing much, much harm to the abdomen.
All so true and mostly memorable. We had that happen with a Stryker frame. YES doctor those knobs have to be tight!
That when you put in an ej line for a patient it is not OK to watch the blood pulse up and down in the tubing.....uhhh doc wanna check that?
Thank you for collecting all the sharps you plan to dispose, but the air bed is not the place to stick them to keep them from rolling around......psssssssst.
During rounds on Miss Smith who had a finger reimplantation it is NOT good to walk into the room and say "Hello Miss Leech."
Oldie but goodie: when you put on a body cast please remeber to leave an opening in the rectal and perineal areas.........or you will get called back to fix what you messed up in more than one way.
...that you can get a first-year resident to run around really fast w/ a panic-stricken look on his face when you sit at the telemetry control monitor at the ED desk flipping a drunk patient's monitor from lead to lead really fast. and that it is best for you & your co-workers to slouch down low & hide so said resident doesn't witness you laughing so hard that you fall out of your chairs.
the resident was a good sport, btw. and the patient slept through all of it, snoring contentedly.
that they never realize that 9-9-1-1 really isn't a call back extention.
:p 
MAGIK GIRL
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when you are sent from the er to the icu with the zoll to show the icu resident how to use the pacing module, know that arrogance can be cured in a fleeting moment. when he tells you to pt the ma on and set the rate and then hand him the pads......
fortunatly, he was ok after an ekg, rest and some humble pie!!!