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DOCTOR STORY TIME: His Spleen DIED After A DENTIST Appointment
I’m Siobhan, a first year medical resident. Medicine is all about storytelling and this is the story of a 27 year old man named Kyle, who went to the dentist to have his teeth cleaned. Six weeks later he presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain and a pulsating lump on his hand. […]
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Nursing On Call: A Day in the Life On-call | Nurse Stefan
all right so I figured I’d do a little bit of explanation on what on-call is when you’re working on call as a nurse on-call essentially is when the hospital needs you they call you then usually have a certain amount of time for us it’s thirty minutes to get there so when you’re on […]
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DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOCTOR: Vlogging in Hospital, Intensive Care Unit (PART 2)
Hey guys. I’m Siobhan, a first year medical resident. This is part 2 of a 24-hour call shift in the intensive care unit. So if you haven’t checked out part 1, take a look first. As a recap, I’m on call with my friend Carol. She’s a second year internal medicine resident in the same […]
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DOCTOR VLOGGING IN HOSPITAL: 24 Hour Shift
Morning guys. I’m Siobhan, a first year medical resident. Just got to the hospital, picked out my clinic room for the day and now this morning I’ll be doing a hematology clinic. So these are the blood specialists. It can be things like your blood’s count ar too high, too low, if you’ve been clotting […]
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DOCTORS WORK 24 HOURS – IS IT DANGEROUS?
Last month I fell asleep in the parking lot on a bench. I literally couldn’t even make it to the car. If we are operating on just four to five hours of sleep, that can have the same effect as if we’re driving under the influence. If you miss just one hour of sleep, your […]
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Day in the Life of a DOCTOR: 24 hours with NO SLEEP
Morning guys. I’m Siobhan, a first year medical resident. I just got to the hospital. It’s sunday morning and I’m starting a 24-hour call shift. You know, we found out there are no medical students on today, because they finished their rotation yesterday and I will tell you — oh, and so it begins. Okay, […]
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DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOCTOR: Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Morning guys. I’m Siobhan, a second year medical resident. I just got to the hospital and today you are gonna be joining me for a typical day on the internal medicine service. So I didn’t have any pages between 8:30 p.m. and like 5:00 in the morning, so I had like a period of like […]
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26 HOUR CALL SHIFT with EMERGENCY CODE BLUE: Day in the Life of a Doctor
Morning guys. I’m Siobhan, a second year medical resident. I just got to the hospital. It’s a good old Saturday and I’m starting a 26-hour call shift. So honestly, I’m gonna be spending most of the day in this room. As a senior resident I’ll be doing all the consults coming from the emergency department […]
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