The resident discretely helping the med student answer the attending's pimping questions

When you sign out right before the ED descends into chaos

I bet this guy would be phenomenal at ultrasound guided IVs

Incredible tribute to phospholipids

Me, a resident, standing at the charge nurse’s desk for the 10th time this shift to ask some question I should probably know the answer to already or to make yet another ridiculous request

“I think we should start vancomycin” The pharmacist:

Na 120 but they’re in DKA with glucose of 715

nobody will remember: - Your salary - Your fancy title - How ‘busy’ you were - How many hours you worked people will remember: - that stain on your shirt - that word you pronounced wrong - that lunch you left in the work fridge for a week and stunk up the whole workroom

When someone writes in their note that the patient “endorses” a symptom

What scared me as a kid: the monster in the closet What scares me as an ER doctor: the monster in the closet and post-tonsillectomy bleeding

Fail medical school

Med students when asked what’s on their differential diagnosis

Make board exams relevant again

When you’re solo coverage in an ED for the first time

1. “Hey Dr. Attending, I’d like to staff a patient with you” 2. Attending trying to piece together my presentation 3. Attending confused by my workup 4. Attending realizing she’s going to change everything about my plan