3 Kinds of Patients that Doctors Don't Like
I know.
It's hard for you to reconcile that a doctor might have negative feelings towards a patient.
Or you may think that I'm the exception to many rules.
I'm not.
The truth is that there are 3 kinds of patients that most doctors don't particularly care for:
Don't Take Yourself So Seriously
I have the funnest job in the world as a Pediatric ER doctor.
Does that surprise you?
A lot of people think it's really depressing and hard to work with kids who are sick.
It's not.Read more
I am Beloved by God
It seems hard to believe, that I am God's beloved.
I look in the mirror and see my imperfections.
I think of my past and know my sins.Read more
What does it mean to be Great?
It's my fourth of four shifts in a row and I'm tired.
Tired and a little cranky.
What's unusual is that I truly enjoy what I do. I love taking care of kids, and I love the people I work with in the ER.
But by the fourth day in the ER, I'm tired of the routine.Read more
Another Life Lesson from the ER
It's not every day you see a 250 pound hockey player cry.
But this one did as I tried to reduce his dislocated knee.
Before you think I like inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on my patients, let me explain a few things about the dislocated patella.
The Urgent Need to Save Lives
The call comes in mid-way through my shift:
A One-year neurologically devastated female in respiratory failure is 3 minutes out. She's being bagged through her trach, but she has a pulse. No DNR status noted.
In other words, it's bad.
Treatment for Spiritual Amnesia
They lived with him.
Day in and day out, they watched him.
They saw him feed the 5000.
They eyed him touch the sick.
The Secret of the Blind Stick
Once in a while in the ER the nurses have trouble getting IV access.
After multiple failed attempts, I get called into the room.
The first thing I do is try to feel for a pulse in order to attempt an arterial stick.
What Makes a Doctor Happy
Midway through my shift yesterday, I walked into a room for a suture removal.
Right before walking into the room I glanced at the demographics and noticed that it was the 7 month old girl I'd sewn up 5 days earlier.
I remembered her well. The family dog had mangled her face.
3 Mistakes that Could Kill You
I work in an ER where mistakes are the bane of our existence.
We watch for them. We avoid them. We build systems to make sure they don't happen.
But we can't account for the mistakes that you make that could kill you.
Let me give you 3 mistakes you need to avoid in order to live.