An actual conversation that occurred between my preceptor and I during our weekend on call.
Me: We have a new admission to the ICU.
Preceptor: One of my patients, or an assigned?
Me: Assigned. Hmm.
Preceptor: What?
Me: His reason for admission.
Preceptor: An interesting case?
Me: Could be. His admitting diagnosis is 'asystole'. Doesn't that mean he's dead?
Preceptor: Yup.
Me: Hmm. So I guess we'll leave him for the end of rounds?
Preceptor: Yeah. Maybe he'll have decided is he's dead or not by that point.
Labels: anecdote, family medicine
posted by Couz at 9:02 AM
2 Comments:
ROFLMAO- ohhh now THAT is a good sign.. a good sense of humor is essential in medicine! I'm an old EMT and many people ("civilians")do not understand the necessity of "dark" humor as a survival mechanism... but the rest of us do!
3:14 PM
LMAO. That is hilarious.
6:28 AM
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