Nurse: Does this patient still need to be on IV antibiotics?
Me: Maybe for another day.
Nurse: Because they need a cannula and they're very difficult.
Me:
love the dynamic on medicine rounds. the attending, oracle speaking in socratic questions. the senior resident, muse translating prophecy into orders. the intern, scribe clutching the sacred patient list. the med student, peasant at court unsure if they’re allowed to speak
new intern: how bad could my first day in the emergency department be? I assume it will be the easiest thing I’ve ever done.
doctor robbie: we average ten thousand deaths a day here in “the pitt”. you’ll get used to it (suddenly weepy) but you’ll never get used to it….
Kind of a joke that the whole world has to act like 9/11 was some kind of unique tragedy every year when the US terrorises the entire planet every week