Saturday, August 10, 2013

Medical Student: 'Hey, so this post op patient has a little stitch abscess, you want me to go ahead and take out that suture?'


Call from the trauma team medical student: 'Hey, there's a car crash that's going to be here in like 10 minutes.  Not sure if any injuries yet, but can you go ahead and come down to the ED?'

Attending: 'Hitting the chicken strips kinda hard lately, aren't we?'


Monday, August 5, 2013

When, after 3 minutes, the med student finishes the first suture throw...




Attending: 'Have you done an ex-fix on a femur before?'
Me: 'Nope.'
Attending: 'Okay, well I have to go round, so...'