Gosh it's been a long time! About 3 months since I last blogged! I would say it's because I've been super busy with residency and all that, but that'd be partly a lie. Truthfully, I've just been lazy. Heck, I sat on this post for the better part of a month! So where in the world have I been?
Well, I've run the gamut from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to outpatient urgent care clinic. Such a dichotomy in medicine and such different arenas, haha.
From there I did another rheumatology rotation, but at another institution. That was an amazing experience! It was great just being away in a different area, working in a different system, and exploring. It was also awkward because I felt like I couldn't perform to my full potential because I was learning the system and the hospitals. It was almost like being a medical student again, almost.
Then I returned and did neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which sucks as a second year resident, I must say. You have double the patients to yourself, your patients are way sicker, and you're expected to just know how to manage things. And on the weekend it can be just you taking care of the entire unit with the attending, which really sucks.
Currently on pediatric emergency department (ED). It's alright. I can see why people would want to do it - shift-based hours, sign in/out, lots of potential procedures, patients are in and out rather quick (MUCH quicker compared to adult ED), and you don't have to worry about continuity of care and the frustrations that can sometimes present. But this is all not quite my cup of tea. Parents sometimes bring their kids to the ED for really silly reasons. I mean, if it's not an "emergency" you should really bring your child to his/her primary care pediatrician first . . . I won't give examples as that may be a HIPAA violation, but if you see and hear the things I have . . .
There's a certain degree of "brain rot" that I feel as a result. I live for the interesting cases. The ones that make me think, that make my mind tingle. On the flip side, as a patient you NEVER want to be "interesting" to a doctor, lol. And when something could be rheumatic in nature, my mind definitely tingles - like it hungers and salivates for that diagnostic puzzle.
Anyway, to be totally fair, I can honestly understand why some parents bring their kids to the ED even though it's not medically justified. There are so many factors and when it is YOUR kid, you freak out. I get that. I just wished that people utilized primary care as it was intended instead of the ED as their first stop.
Anywho, next post I'll post pics of my adventures. :-P
From there I did another rheumatology rotation, but at another institution. That was an amazing experience! It was great just being away in a different area, working in a different system, and exploring. It was also awkward because I felt like I couldn't perform to my full potential because I was learning the system and the hospitals. It was almost like being a medical student again, almost.
Then I returned and did neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), which sucks as a second year resident, I must say. You have double the patients to yourself, your patients are way sicker, and you're expected to just know how to manage things. And on the weekend it can be just you taking care of the entire unit with the attending, which really sucks.
Currently on pediatric emergency department (ED). It's alright. I can see why people would want to do it - shift-based hours, sign in/out, lots of potential procedures, patients are in and out rather quick (MUCH quicker compared to adult ED), and you don't have to worry about continuity of care and the frustrations that can sometimes present. But this is all not quite my cup of tea. Parents sometimes bring their kids to the ED for really silly reasons. I mean, if it's not an "emergency" you should really bring your child to his/her primary care pediatrician first . . . I won't give examples as that may be a HIPAA violation, but if you see and hear the things I have . . .
There's a certain degree of "brain rot" that I feel as a result. I live for the interesting cases. The ones that make me think, that make my mind tingle. On the flip side, as a patient you NEVER want to be "interesting" to a doctor, lol. And when something could be rheumatic in nature, my mind definitely tingles - like it hungers and salivates for that diagnostic puzzle.
Anyway, to be totally fair, I can honestly understand why some parents bring their kids to the ED even though it's not medically justified. There are so many factors and when it is YOUR kid, you freak out. I get that. I just wished that people utilized primary care as it was intended instead of the ED as their first stop.
Anywho, next post I'll post pics of my adventures. :-P
6 comments:
Thanks for catching us up. NICU strikes me as the kind of thing that could be really stress-inducing, just because people that young are all "supposed" to get well.
NICU is an interesting arena because it's kind of in its own special bubble. Tbh, it's sometimes honestly difficult to truly think of the extremely premature babies as fully actualized humans.
Do they also bring their kid to emergency due to financial reasons, like the inability to pay, or lack of insurance?
@Mike: Generally no. I mean, a lot of patients are of low socioeconomic status, but they do have a primary care doctor that they have access to. And while the emergency department can't refuse care because you can't pay, you WILL get a bill from the ED later. So it's not like the ED is "free." That said, a lot of people end up not paying somehow . . .
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