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Signs Of A Bad Call Night For My Intern

By txmed • Jul 25th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized


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Signs it’s going to be a bad call night include early weird cross cover issues:

  • A patient, discharge orders pending signature, codes after aspirating on cranberry juice
  • A nurse “Oh yeahs…” you about incidenta anisocoria in a patient. Is it something new? Hard to say as on chart review the patient’s medicine team has written “HEENT: Regular rate and rhythm.”
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txmed is a fourth year medical student with a strong interest in health care policy and politics. In addition to From Medskool, he writes for Medscape and helps run the popular medical blog carnival Grand Rounds.
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