Saturday finds me realizing this has been a week comprising mainly two things: work and opera. In a first for me, I made two trips to Lincoln Center this week to enjoy complimentary tickets to the Metropolitan Opera. I’ve come to the realization that if I don’t plan to live in New York City forever, [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Epidural’
September 24, 2008
Team captain call
Tonight will be my fifth “Team Captain”, or “TC” call. The standard anesthesiology overnight call team at my training program includes an attending, a senior resident (the TC), a junior resident (the assistant TC, or ATC), and two first-year residents. There are also six “short call” people who typically go home somewhere between 1800 and [...]
June 20, 2008
Beware, the interns have arrived…
The last couple nights on pain night float have been complicated by the fact that the new interns have apparently begun taking call. It doesn’t seem like that long ago I was beginning internship, but it’s already been three years.
As I look back at some of the earlier entries in this blog, I see some [...]
June 4, 2008
Enjoying New York in the spring
I’ve realized that there are many ways Pain Clinic could run smoother. Having an additional exam room would facilitate patient flow. Stocking reflex hammers in every room would also help. But most notably, having a fifth of Jameson Irish Whiskey in the back room would greatly lubricate the process. Made from fine ripe barley, flavor-rich malt, [...]
