Intense swelling of the uvula (caused by ranting!) . Slowly my week of call is ending. I often am puzzled by the meaning of emergency. This is a result of having to answer emergency calls in the middle of the night. My favorite is the call that comes in at 2:00 am from the patient who can not sleep. I try my best not to say "I know the feeling".
Even when it is not that busy at night I find that I am always tired. It is the anticipation that any minute that I might have to rush in. I can't imagine what it must be like to be a fireman, police officer or EMT. How do they ever sleep on those long shifts? Well, off to sleep hoping that it will be quiet. Long live EMTALA!
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Somewhere in Dr Schwab's Surgeonsblog he mentions this as being part of the reason for early burn out. He described his weekends on call anticipating the ER to call - even if there weren't any calls.
He also shared what he would do differently if he were starting again. I don't recall everything he said but I think that is the gist of it.
I think it was something he posted this past winter but then again I have gone back to the beginning of his blog to read all of his posts. Obviously, I had a lot of time to kill, but I had a ureteral stent and was pretty much grounded. Now I am just hooked- great hobby. :)
BTW - it's fun to go to your favorite bloggers and read their very first post. I think it is interesting to see where they began and why and then to see how they have evolved.
Welcome to the blogosphere! :)
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