tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post4285603930360259706..comments2024-03-26T16:46:21.764-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Stages of weekend callGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-75168565125137093042016-03-11T12:00:31.748-05:002016-03-11T12:00:31.748-05:00And the rate of progression along these stages is ...And the rate of progression along these stages is directly proportional to the number of consults and the degree to which on call stuff is interfering with your fantasies of doing anything other than work and sleep on the weekend.<br />Maybe some hot shot MD PhD candidate could do a research project for you, to help develop Grumpy's theorem on the rate of decline in quality outcomes for medical consultations provided outside of normal business hours. <br />Or maybe not - then the bean counters would decide to pay even LESS for those services, if quality outcome measures aren't met....clairesmumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-55423351411554965412016-03-11T00:58:48.621-05:002016-03-11T00:58:48.621-05:00Mary Hood, I'm only just finishing residency a...Mary Hood, I'm only just finishing residency and I know what a pneumoencephalogram is. It's not an unusual term to find in a neurology textbook. And Dr Grumpy has, ahem, a looooot more experience than me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-84146486983918845932016-03-11T00:53:55.065-05:002016-03-11T00:53:55.065-05:00This is so, so incredibly accurate. I mean, we'...This is so, so incredibly accurate. I mean, we've taken pizza out of garbage (still in the box though) and didn't blink an eye. And my long last name gets progressively shortened to a scribble as the night goes on (don't worry, humorless people, I always leave the nurses my full name, pager, and scribble signature at the nursing desk).<br /><br />I think one of my "favorite" emerg consults will forever remain the "dizzy lady for the last three months" at 5am. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-47782728664008323872016-03-10T13:02:00.989-05:002016-03-10T13:02:00.989-05:00Pneumoencephalogram!? You even know what that is?...Pneumoencephalogram!? You even know what that is? Amazing!<br />Mary Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333025893890279532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-58787707312931435952016-03-09T12:04:44.828-05:002016-03-09T12:04:44.828-05:00Busy weekend and not enough Diet Coke on the plane...Busy weekend and not enough Diet Coke on the planet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-3277831914708056712016-03-09T11:32:47.334-05:002016-03-09T11:32:47.334-05:00Feeling a bit burned out, are we?Feeling a bit burned out, are we?Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-53363136256077189012016-03-09T09:01:21.394-05:002016-03-09T09:01:21.394-05:00Toe Tag
Note for all patients.
Don't go to h...Toe Tag<br /><br />Note for all patients.<br /><br />Don't go to hospital on weekendPackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790343423937405624noreply@blogger.com