Comments on: The Trial of a WhiteCoat – Part 20 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/ A blog from inside the emergency department Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11754 Adam Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11754 maybe patients need better education - maybe they should refuse to see docs that haven't slept in 24 hours. then again, this always seems to be coming from emergency docs - it isn't like you care during an emergency - you just want the problem fixed pronto. maybe patients need better education – maybe they should refuse to see docs that haven’t slept in 24 hours. then again, this always seems to be coming from emergency docs – it isn’t like you care during an emergency – you just want the problem fixed pronto.

]]> By: Soronel Haetir http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11741 Soronel Haetir Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:33:53 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11741 Given that train personnel aren't allowed to work such hours and even the time spent traveling to the work site counts I am amazed that doctors are even allowed to work such shifts. You guys need a better union. Given that train personnel aren’t allowed to work such hours and even the time spent traveling to the work site counts I am amazed that doctors are even allowed to work such shifts. You guys need a better union.

]]> By: Adam http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11719 Adam Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:15:49 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11719 WC, this is probably not the post to do it, but I was hoping you or someone else could comment on these 24 hour shifts you talk about. Docs talk about this a lot. It seems CRAZY. to work 24 hours you'd have to be awake at least 26, due to waking up before work and then driving home. I'm really not sure if I have EVER done that my entire life. Is this safe? Don't you start doing crazy stuff - like falling asleep while listening to someone's HR, or when waiting for a piece of software to finish a task (like printing a document)? I can't believe anyone can think critically with this little sleep. WC,
this is probably not the post to do it, but I was hoping you or someone else could comment on these 24 hour shifts you talk about. Docs talk about this a lot. It seems CRAZY.

to work 24 hours you’d have to be awake at least 26, due to waking up before work and then driving home.

I’m really not sure if I have EVER done that my entire life. Is this safe? Don’t you start doing crazy stuff – like falling asleep while listening to someone’s HR, or when waiting for a piece of software to finish a task (like printing a document)?

I can’t believe anyone can think critically with this little sleep.

]]> By: Liz http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11704 Liz Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:44:56 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11704 I agree, my comment just above is a little snarky. I really hope it doesn't turn out quite so badly. I agree, my comment just above is a little snarky. I really hope it doesn’t turn out quite so badly.

]]> By: Liz http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11703 Liz Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:44:01 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11703 Hey, if/when Obama's healthcare bill passes, it's only a matter of time until EVERYONE gets their care from med students (the few there will be), public hospital residents, and put-upon attendings who couldn't figure out a way to transform their careers into one that will continue to earn a good/great living! Oh, except for the wealthy who will always be able to enhance their medical care....lucky wealthy people! Hey, if/when Obama’s healthcare bill passes, it’s only a matter of time until EVERYONE gets their care from med students (the few there will be), public hospital residents, and put-upon attendings who couldn’t figure out a way to transform their careers into one that will continue to earn a good/great living! Oh, except for the wealthy who will always be able to enhance their medical care….lucky wealthy people!

]]> By: Adam http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11683 Adam Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11683 he could use Louise's chewed up bic pen. he could use Louise’s chewed up bic pen.

]]> By: Clinton http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11663 Clinton Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:51:56 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11663 UGH! I am simultaneously upset at the teaser and grateful that this story has not yet drawn to its inevitable conclusion. So I will amuse myself in the meantime. (spoiler alert!) Dr. WhiteCoat flashes back to the spacing out episodes by the judge and swiftly diagnoses the judge with partial complex seizures caused by an arterial venous malformation. Whitecoat then rushes out the door to stop the judge from calling in sick since he's about to die from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. With quick MacGyver-like improvisation, Whitecoat crafts a vascular cath out of rubber tubing, a chewed up bic pen and a paper clip, successfully coiling the AVM before it bursts. The jury applauds this heroic effort and he is invited to be a guest star on House and Royal Pains as a result. UGH!

I am simultaneously upset at the teaser and grateful that this story has not yet drawn to its inevitable conclusion.

So I will amuse myself in the meantime.

(spoiler alert!)
Dr. WhiteCoat flashes back to the spacing out episodes by the judge and swiftly diagnoses the judge with partial complex seizures caused by an arterial venous malformation. Whitecoat then rushes out the door to stop the judge from calling in sick since he’s about to die from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. With quick MacGyver-like improvisation, Whitecoat crafts a vascular cath out of rubber tubing, a chewed up bic pen and a paper clip, successfully coiling the AVM before it bursts. The jury applauds this heroic effort and he is invited to be a guest star on House and Royal Pains as a result.

]]> By: VK http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11658 VK Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:11:39 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11658 Haha, you have a lucky tie? When I went to interview at a med school (the one I eventually got accepted into and attended), I realized I had forgotten to bring black socks. I desperately looked around that morning for a clothing store; all I could find was a Sak's. The cheapest pair of socks they had was $15. Given all my other black socks cost about $3 a piece, those are now my lucky socks... Haha, you have a lucky tie? When I went to interview at a med school (the one I eventually got accepted into and attended), I realized I had forgotten to bring black socks. I desperately looked around that morning for a clothing store; all I could find was a Sak’s. The cheapest pair of socks they had was $15. Given all my other black socks cost about $3 a piece, those are now my lucky socks…

]]> By: WhiteCoat http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11655 WhiteCoat Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:01:47 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11655 I wish I wish

]]> By: WhiteCoat http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/08/the-trial-of-a-whitecoat-part-20/#comment-11654 WhiteCoat Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:01:37 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=3189#comment-11654 Don't think Louise was a "starter" lawyer, but she wasn't a partner, either. She was blonde, in her late 30's, and attractive, but not a "knockout". Don’t think Louise was a “starter” lawyer, but she wasn’t a partner, either.
She was blonde, in her late 30′s, and attractive, but not a “knockout”.

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