Dr. Sass

Future hospitalist? vs intensivist?, subpar car mechanic, ultra marathoner, dt coke fanatic #medtwitter

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our receptionist in clinic walked into the resident bullpen and asked if we could break a $100….

ma’am I didn’t even come to work with a wallet because I have no money, find an attending

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@moremyspeed + bipap :)

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one day you get woken up at 4am by an intern to review a CXR- it’s flash pulmonary edema and you know exactly what to do without a second thought. Feels like just yesterday I was the intern panic paging my senior

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@mohiisham You will get there!

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@_bami0_ You will!!

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tea and toast diet but instead I’ve made it an entire week on grilled cheese, crackers and coffee

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Me: “hi this is the triage admitting resident calling back for ED 10”

ED doc: **on a recorded line** ACTUALLY I have feedback for you as a resident

Me: 👀😰😬

ED doc: I’m gonna need you to give a more dramatic sigh when I page to admit a soft admit, I don’t make the rules”

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this patient went hospice and died that same hospitalization and I’ll never forget them

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today I personally wheeled a patient from my clinic to the ED for expedited work up, albeit a soft call… pts labs just resulted and I’m so glad I didn’t get those critical results after hours 👀

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Being a doctor is crazy because one minute you’re laughing hysterically with a patient showing you a TikTok, to walk into the next room an cry with a patient when you tell them they have cancer

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@ButterscotchXna They could have taken 2 hours for all I care (that’s why I left the room) but was simply stunned with the turn of events

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I left my med student to finish out an admission interview and they didn’t come back for an hour…

med student: I found out the pt went on the same 3 week cruise as my parents last summer so we called my parents and found out they went on the same excursion!!

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me: “if I squint hard enough I can see concepts of a p wave”

cardiologist:

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@Rklawton That’s what an annual physical is for! That’s the time to dive into all the chart data, go over history, previous labs, etc! But a scheduled 15 min appt for sore throat only has time to for 15 minutes

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there is always that ONE staffing attending who asks the most outrageous, niche and irrelevant questions

Like bro they are here for a 15 min sick visit- I’ve never met them before. No I did not asked them about their nonspecific CT finding from 3 years ago…

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I am so SICK AND TIRED of the American health care system

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today I personally wheeled a patient from my clinic to the ED for expedited work up, albeit a soft call… pts labs just resulted and I’m so glad I didn’t get those critical results after hours 👀

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I need epic chat to have a thumbs down button

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I just left an 14 hour shift and didn’t pee once

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life of a resident: I just aame say shipped myself underwear and socks bc I’m on a 14 day stretch and not doing laundry

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the highlight of my week was driving the floor zamboni at work

me🤝 the hospital custodian