🌟 An incredible moment for Mercy! 🎉 Our talented residents have matched into fellowships, showcasing their dedication and brilliance! We are immensely proud of you all—this is just the start of the amazing wonders you will achieve! Keep shining! 💪✨ #MercyProud#Fellowships
For every PGY1 thats nervous about July 1, theres a PGY2 nervous about no longer being an intern, a PGY3 nervous about being in their last year, and a graduate nervous about being a new attending. And someone with years of experience out there who knows you all will be ok.
You're on rounds. New admission. 60 y/o M w/ acute dyspnea, ⬇️O2, pleuritic chest pain. CT pulm angio shows PE. Easy, heparin already started
Attending asks "Does he have Right Heart🫀Strain?"
Are you confident you can answer, explain how you know & why it matters? @CardioNerds
👏 How to 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗬 call a consult ?☎️ (for interns): #Match2023
Calling a consult can be challenging, especially in the beginning of your intern year. You may get nervous. Follow these steps for a smoother experience.
1. Start with this sentence: “ 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 (𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦), 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 (𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦). 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶” …THATS IT. Nothing less nothing more. Usually they will respond by saying “ok, please tell me last name, MRN, etc”. The good thing about this approach is that you have informed them that you have a consult and then given them time to collect themselves. They may be sleeping, running a code, intubating someone, finishing a 24 hour shift. Anything is possible! Give them time to grab a pen and paper.
A lot of the times interns jump right into presenting HPI without giving the person in front any time. Please don’t do that. ❌
2. Know exactly what you expect from the consulting service. This comes with time and experience so ask your senior residents about what do I expect. If you are calling cardiology about a concerning EKG finding…maybe talk about that more rather than explaining their remote past surgical history. If you’re calling surgery for a laceration repair…maybe don’t explain a lot about their irrelevant social history. Be succinct and to the point. Everyone is busy and everyone will appreciate you being succinct.
3. Know the urgency of the consult. If it is something that can wait till the morning then do it in the morning. If it is a chest pain with new ST elevations and troponin…then it is probably worth calling cardiology at 3am. Ask your seniors the urgency of the consult.
4. Always ask the name of the resident/fellow you talked to for documentation purpose.
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