An Orthopedic residency blog, about the (mis)adventures of orthopedic residency at an academic hospital.
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Attending at indications: 'So you're saying the patient had symptoms of calf pain consistent with nerve impingement, what dermatome is that?'
Junior resident: 'S3.'
Monday, June 23, 2014
Seeing the US won their first world cup game....while in peds clinic...
Watching the incoming intern class greet each other, not knowing the evil that shall soon befall them....
Whenever a patient asks me: 'is the doctor going to be in soon?'
Talking with my co-residents about their OITE scores...
Sunday, June 15, 2014
We had a kid with a negative hip aspiration that was ambulating without much pain. The ED resident was POSITIVE the kid had a septic hip....
My attending after I was having a hard time getting the proximal interlock screw...
Attending #1: "Hey, so no one is covering the trauma room tomorrow, and you're on call tonight, so would you mind..."
Attending #2: "You want me to take care of my own junk. I do it most of the time anyways."
Monday, June 2, 2014
Attending: "I hope you're ready for the next case, it's a pretty destructive procedure..."