{overheard in the OR} RN, to general surgeon: “I’m not an a$$hole. I’m hemorrhoid—I’m here to irritate a$$holes”

Breaking news out of the Shire!

🎶 I’m working late, cuz I’m a surgeon I look so cute, here with my add-on 🎶

Seems about as legit as a potassium of 6 in a hemolyzed specimen

Whenever I get frustrated about the inverse correlation between results & relative amount of time/effort I put into my fantasy fb team, I remember trying to learn EKGs & it all makes sense. Well, not EKGs. Those still don’t make sense.

“ What are you going to be for Halloween?” An introvert, Susan. I’m going to be an introvert.

In my n of 1, empiric interventional analysis has demonstrated that a Reese’s cup prior to 10am can positively affect mood. However, to achieve sufficient power, additional study is necessary.

Diagnosis: infected nonunion with failure of fixation. Treatment: resection of nonviable tissue with deep implant removal, interpositional allograft, and revision fixation.

“That patient has bedbugs”

Some kids have BFFs. Some kids have BBFFs. Some kids have both (or at least they do according to the peds patient who said I was their “BFF” while waking up from sedation for a fracture reduction)

Well obviously he’s hitting it out of the park. That’s just some kid who says “Shazam!” right before he goes up to the plate

Watching election coverage right now feels like refreshing the EMR to see if the labs you literally just sent are back. Like, yeah, I knew the Hb was going to be 8, but what’s the white count? Is the INR going to be 1.5 or 15?

Not sure how much I’ll use it, but I had to create a new 🟦sky account (efforts at anonymity = I forgot my password & didn’t have a backup) I’ll now be there as lady-interlocks. Will try to find as many of you as possible there too.