Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sunday morning, 6:47 a.m.

My cell phone rings. It's the hospital ID.

Dr. Grumpy: "This is Dr. Grumpy."

Ms. Huc: "Hi, I'm calling from 7-East. Did you get a consult on Mr. Whacky on Friday?"

Dr. Grumpy: "Yes, but when I spoke to the internist he told me it had been written by mistake, and that they didn't need a neurologist. So I didn't see him."

Ms. Huc: "Ohhhhh... I was just looking through the chart, and trying to figure out why you didn't see him."

Dr. Grumpy: "Do they need him seen now? I can come in later today."

Ms. Huc: "Hang on, let me ask his nurse." (pause) "No, never mind. He went home last night."
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11 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 6, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    annoying, yes. but the attention to detail by people like case managers can keep a hospital afloat, and will also make sure that the consult you forgot to tab gets billed and paid. to you.

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  2. ClaudeJune 6, 2010 at 10:56 AM

    Go back to sleep, dear Dr.Grumpy. This was the night shift calling. I've done a lot of them. The mind is a bit groggy at the end of the shift. You shouldn't be on call 24-hour-a-day. Put "9-to-9-unless-death" after your name.

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  3. The MotherJune 6, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    You were up at six anyway, right? When my kids were that age, my house erupted at 6. Teenagers, now, they don't wake up. Ever.

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  4. Kat's KatsJune 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM

    ::snerk:: (14 yo boy & girl who'll be 17 in Aug)

    This is at 10:00 during vacation or weekends
    Me: Wake up.
    Eitherchild: Why?
    Me: You need to get up and take your meds.
    Eitherchild: I'm tired!!!
    Me: What time did you go to sleep last night?
    Eitherchild: I dunno...
    Me: You need to get up now.
    Eitherchild: Okay.

    Repeat on the half hour until noon or 1300. Unless, of course, they are going somewhere they wish to go. ::rolls eyes::

    Added to that, the phone conversation sounds like my teenagers as well!!

    oh dear!! verification word... ruisms!

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  5. AnonymousJune 6, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    mother- i too am sure gumpy was up long before 0647. showered and on his second diet coke. and ready to blog. yay.

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  6. AnonymousJune 6, 2010 at 1:19 PM

    oh, and i was asleep last night before my teenager was up.

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  7. The Bus DriverJune 6, 2010 at 6:14 PM

    The days i pray to sleep in, my phone rings a bazillion times.

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  8. UnknownJune 7, 2010 at 12:22 AM

    *Picard facepalm*

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  9. The DuchessJune 7, 2010 at 12:33 AM

    You get non-emergent calls at the oddest times. I would think the hospital would have a "no-call" restriction for early morning hours unless it is an emergency. I am far from nice when I'm woken for anything other than an emergency!

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  10. Filet-o-bitch RPhJune 7, 2010 at 1:43 AM

    Yep-that is what I call a WOT=waste of time. You will never get those 30 secs back, Doc. sigh

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  11. ChristineJune 7, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    7-east is a neuro floor at my hospital. Do I know you?

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So wadda you think?