Did the wildest awake fiber optic intubation for a massive airway cancer this morning. Patient did exceptionally well
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barbershop doesn’t even know that I took care of a dozen patient surgeries—including 2 babies—before noon
Something I would teach to the residents, or any other colleague, was that the hardest thing about healthcare wasn’t the knowledge nor the skills. Those come in time.
It’s reaching the end of your career without letting it change you into a worse person.
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Did I stay over my 24 hour shift right at the buzzer because a lady comes in profusely bleeding from head and neck cancer? Absolutely.
Ensured she was safely, calmly intubated and induced under general anesthesia before tapping out.
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when you weren’t feeling great, thought about skipping the workout, then it winds up being a decent one
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Around the same time, a man is being rushed to surgery having blown apart his hand. He stepped in to save his uncle’s life from a bullet.
All he could think about was how he’ll never be able to wear a wedding ring. Life is heavier than fiction.
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