So a patient brought in a "kidney stone"

[old_gregg]

extensive contact with animals

wait, when did JIC say the patient was a Boise State fan?

[ERCougar]

I'm still not including this on any of my flank pain differentials.

Yeah, I don't feel too bad about this miss.

[ERCougar]

Note to self: Stay out of southern Utah until JIC figures out where this came from.

We do have this new reservoir in town that I've been doing open-water swims in...

[Slim]

Yeah, I don't feel too bad about this miss.

BTW, I'm doing an ER rotation right now and presenting to the attending ER physicians is funny. They are total minimalists who seem to want the least amount of information possible. It's been difficult for me to learn to condense an entire HPI, PMH, and physical into less than 60 seconds.

[San Juan Sun]

BTW, I'm doing an ER rotation right now and presenting to the attending ER physicians is funny. They are total minimalists who seem to want the least amount of information possible. It's been difficult for me to learn to condense an entire HPI, PMH, and physical into less than 60 seconds.

Does your presentation get cut off with the question: "Whatever... so what's the dispo?"

Disclaimer: I'm on call in malfunctioning-Quinton-thrombectomy-needing-seventh-circle-of-hell right now. I'm a little bitter.

[ERCougar]

BTW, I'm doing an ER rotation right now and presenting to the attending ER physicians is funny. They are total minimalists who seem to want the least amount of information possible. It's been difficult for me to learn to condense an entire HPI, PMH, and physical into less than 60 seconds.

Does your presentation get cut off with the question: "Whatever... so what's the dispo?"

Disclaimer: I'm on call in malfunctioning-Quinton-thrombectomy-needing-seventh-circle-of-hell right now. I'm a little bitter.

LOL...
ADD is rampant here. Slim, I'm surprised you're presenting to attendings. I work at a teaching hospital for a week out of every month and our med students are assigned a resident to work with who then presents the patient to us. I'll pull aside a super-motivated student once in a while to show a cool case or do a procedure, but beyond that, I hardly get to talk to them. Once in a while, I have to work with a family practice resident, which is the definition of hell. Nothing personal, doctorcoug, but here it tends to be a foreign medical grad who hates the ER and is ridiculously slow. I'll take a malleable med student over that any day.

[Jarid in Cedar]

I'm still not including this on any of my flank pain differentials.

Good idea

[Jarid in Cedar]

We do have this new reservoir in town that I've been doing open-water swims in...

hmmmm......that place is a cesspool.........I see him on wed.

[Bengal Cougar]

Lousy picture. Probably not a liver fluke(too narrow). I will update when Path-ID is made.

Holy shit that would hurt passing that.

[Chachi]

I'm not impressed. It's not like it came out widthwise or anything.

two of my three kids were vaginal births and even I am impressed a guy peed this out of his willy! It's not like your pee hole dilates to make it easier to pass things.

[SuperGabers]

Okay... You ALL are missing the point. JIC is an OBGYN. Why the hell is this guy going in to see the gyno for?

[Slim]

LOL...
ADD is rampant here. Slim, I'm surprised you're presenting to attendings.

My school requires a 4 week rotation to either a rural or under served area. This is sort of an elective for us since we can rotate in any specialty we like as long as it meets the under served/rural criteria. This means I'm in Prescott AZ for the month and since the hospital isn't a teaching hospital, I work directly with the ER docs.

I chose to do ER because I thought I might enjoy it and so for I absolutely love it. I could totally see myself doing this "when I grow up" and at this point I think that is the most likely outcome.

[falafel]

Okay... You ALL are missing the point. JIC is an OBGYN. Why the hell is this guy going in to see the gyno for?

I don't think.... that is entirely correct.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Okay... You ALL are missing the point. JIC is an OBGYN. Why the hell is this guy going in to see the gyno for?

What he said. I am an FP who also delivers.

I don't think.... that is entirely correct.

[ERCougar]

My school requires a 4 week rotation to either a rural or under served area. This is sort of an elective for us since we can rotate in any specialty we like as long as it meets the under served/rural criteria. This means I'm in Prescott AZ for the month and since the hospital isn't a teaching hospital, I work directly with the ER docs.

I chose to do ER because I thought I might enjoy it and so for I absolutely love it. I could totally see myself doing this "when I grow up" and at this point I think that is the most likely outcome.

Yay! Welcome to the no pager, leave your work at work fold!

You're smart to do it that way. You'll miss some of the crazy trauma (although I'm guessing that you still get some good stories) but it's smart to work with doctors who aren't bombarded with students all the time and can show you some things. If you're ever up this way (Cedar City) or you have any questions or whatever, I'd be happy to talk any time.

One of my major frustrations is that med students are forced to make career decisions before they do electives (and particularly EM). I'm not sure how to fix that, but I'm glad you got to see a field you enjoy.