I.III.VI JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in general medicine: We’re on patient 12 out of a long list of 23 to review on the wards when Dr Sugar gets a call that a twenty-something-year-old guy who was admitted after taking a cocaine overdose was unstable. We speed-walk to the other side of the hospital and find the unconscious […]
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Emergency Surgery – Journal Entries
I.I.VII JOURNAL ENTRIES Journal entries from my rotation in emergency surgery: I’ve been paged for a cannula. I go into the patient’s room and I’m immediately struck by the fresh aroma of cigarettes as I witness the patient in visible respiratory distress. “Were you smoking, by any chance?” I ask. She’s almost offended by my question. I go down on […]