Wednesday, June 9, 2010

"Hey! Why doesn't this floor have call lights?"

Mr. Stemi: "When I had my heart attack I was on the telepathy floor for a week."

Dr. Grumpy: "You mean the telemetry floor."

Mr. Stemi: "Yeah, whatever it's called."
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 4:47 PM

    given the known mental status changes after cardiac arrest, this patient may have found a poetic kernel of truth.

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  2. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 4:58 PM

    I'm sure those tele nurses anticipated all his needs and he didn't even miss the absence of a call light :)

    CardioNP

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  3. Queen Silly BritchesJune 9, 2010 at 5:32 PM

    I'd hate to be the nurse working on that floor!

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  4. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    lol, nice name you gave him, "stemi". love it.

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  5. PHDnotMDJune 9, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Nice post title. :)

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  6. AlbinoblackbearJune 9, 2010 at 8:12 PM

    We called it the "cardiac craft unit".

    Where you can always be sure to find someone doing needlepoint at the nursing station.

    :-)

    (It's ok, they called us the FERNs...the 'ERN' stands for ER nurses and you can figure out what the F stands for.)

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  7. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 8:35 PM

    Despite the docs saying that I'd have some memory issues after cardiac arrest and subsequent long term life support I haven't noticed any at all, isn't it?

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  8. The ObserverJune 9, 2010 at 8:51 PM

    This post must be beheld in its entirety to appreciate its pun-y wonderfulness.

    LOL!

    Mr. STEMI, indeed!

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  9. AnonymousJune 9, 2010 at 11:13 PM

    Yeah, all these STEMI patients keep us from our crafts. Whatever. However, my patients do think I'm telepathic - even those I'm not.

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  10. GertJune 9, 2010 at 11:35 PM

    Thanks for the laugh!

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  11. LipstickJune 10, 2010 at 12:59 AM

    giggle...I heart the names you give to your patients!

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  12. ERPJune 10, 2010 at 6:38 PM

    I know you Neurologists are smart cookies but them's some impressive skillz.

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So wadda you think?