One thing about me, I’m gonna turn your oxygen off when I walk into the room and watch your SpO2 as we talk. I can’t promise much in this world, but I can promise that.
#EmoryDeptofMed wishes you a safe and spooky Halloween! 👻🎃
Pictured📸: Emory Internal Medicine residents competing in their annual pumpkin-carving contest! @emoryimchiefs
On Marta, young dude starts yell/performing a rap song to us. He departs.
*collective sigh of relief*
Older man announces to the rest of us on the train: “It’s called Talking Loud, Saying Nothing. RAP music is for Resurrecting African People”
Excellent vibes all around.
"One more thing," the patient says, right when I'm about to exit the exam room.
I used to be annoyed by it. Until one day, a patient's "one more thing" was actually "the" thing she wanted to say. But she needed to feel me out and make sure I was a safe person first. So, I sat back down and listened. Then we discussed and ran tests.
"You restored my faith in doctors." She took the bus just to tell me this today after making a full recovery. Her visit filled my heart with warmth and purpose.
If we ask people to wait for months for their appointments, then (sometimes) hours in our offices, we can hear them out for their one more thing.