Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Overheard in the doctors lounge

Trauma surgeon: "How are you liking the rotation?"

Surgery resident: "It's all right, but a lot of it just seems to be people doing stupid shit."

Trauma surgeon: "Yeah, but if you take that away... it's not much of a job."
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 9:31 AM

    If people didn't do stupid shit, a lot of doctors, cops, EMTs and neurologist bloggers would be out of a job.

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  2. Grumpy, M.D.November 13, 2013 at 9:33 AM

    HEAR, HEAR!

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  3. CharlesNovember 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    "people doing stupid shit"

    Hey Doc, I thought you avoided political discussions on this blog?

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  4. RunnerchickmomNovember 13, 2013 at 11:10 AM

    You can't fix stupid! Job security for Doc G.

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  5. Ivan IlyichNovember 13, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    I'd say that "stupid shit" doesn't account for most neurology cases, though.

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  6. PackerNovember 13, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    It is not much of a job:

    You get to choose your job today.
    Make your selection carefully as you will have a lifetime of it.

    Will you be:

    A) A Fast Food Restaurant Fry Cook
    B) Trauma Surgeon
    C) Tail Man on a City Sanitation Truck
    D) Concrete Finisher in July

    I have been A, C and D in my lifetime and as such I think your two docs need a serious ass kicking.

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  7. Ms. DonnaNovember 13, 2013 at 1:38 PM

    Don't forget reporters (journalists to you all!)

    If people did not do stupid/insane/ICan'tBeliveTheyDidThat stuff, we would be out of jobs.

    And the world would be that much more boring.

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  8. Whelk Lad!November 13, 2013 at 2:14 PM

    Meanwhile, the exact same conversation is taking place at YouTube headquarters...

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  9. AnonymousNovember 13, 2013 at 6:29 PM

    Oh yeah

    As stated by one of the attending docs on the cable show "Untold tales of the ER." (love the show), "I tell all of my ER residents to always remember four things...

    1. blood goes round and round

    2. you can't live without a liver

    3. the kidney will outsmart you every single time and

    4. you can't fix stupid."

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  10. Officer CynicalNovember 13, 2013 at 6:54 PM

    Maybe I'll start covering shifts in the ER. Sounds like the same job, but with better weather.

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  11. Wendy at Taking the Long Way HomeNovember 13, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Sounds like job security to me!

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  12. RehabRNNovember 13, 2013 at 10:39 PM

    II:

    C'mon, neuros get all sorts of stupid s&*t, like people snorting things and developing strange residual symptoms or strokes.

    People getting drunk and fighting, then falling, has been most (was 50% one summer) of our rehab patients.

    Friends don't let friends fall (or be pushed off) from docks, stairs or porches.

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  13. AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    Same thing applies for IT.

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So wadda you think?