I have had many of them over the past month, so this plurk is for sharing!

hallo!

May contain swearing, illness, medical procedures and death.

Hii!

So today we were talking to the Resuscitation Team about epi dosing, when a Code Blue went off.

It was magical.

I looked around at the code screen and I heard all the buzzers go off around me and then recede.

By the time I looked back, they were gone.

No apologies, no hesistation, they were just gone.

There is something amazing about a workplace where "What I am doing is more important than your social niceties" is actually true.

ahaha, your first emergency.

I am kind of proud.

I have been in that situation a few times.

I wasn't even part of it, I just watched the team disappear. XD

it's kind of incredible and adrenalin-filled

They had to run to a different ward and everything.

well, yeah. but still, it's an interesting thing to witness.

Yeah, it was great.

I also saw a cardioversion! Which was just like on tv!

Except with more midazolam. I don't remember them sedating the patients on tv.

when I used to get emergencies I'd go into this absolutely focused state.

Yay anterograde amnesia!

where I could do anything and nothing mattered but the patient

ooh. I don't even know what a cardioversion is :/

That's awesome.

Defib.

ahh, right.

The guy came in with long-term afib so we electrically cardioverted back to sinus rhythm.

I am glad they used midazolam, then

It failed, though. He had to come back a few days later for chemical control.

Midazolam is the magical drug paediatricians love.

really? huh

Yeah. Kids can't remember to be scared of the doctor. It's a big help for kids who are in hospital a lot.

hmm. if we did that we'd be accused of overmedicating

funny how different the standards are

It's not automatic or anything. But it's something they offer for the parents' sake.

Also, the fun that ensues when you are set both prochlorperazine and chlorpromazine as homework.

And you are incapable of pronouncing them one after the other.

Hilarity ensues in the dispensary.

you are so cute

And then the hilarity that ensues inside my head when I try to give a presentation and realise I have been watching way too much House.

And I am channelling Foreman. And I am putting on an American accent. And I can't stop.

oh god

I stood there for almost a minute trying to remember what I was supposed to sound like.

Then remembered to channel Chase instead.

My life is sad.

yes

Thank god they have an Australian character.

crikey!

Yes, they make fun of him for it. XD

The other awkward moment when you buy Subway for dinner every weeknight and then the guy at Subway memorises your order.

Which is kind of tangentially hospital-related.

oh god, that happened to me a lot \

Interesting plurk to read. <3