Frightening!!!

Sunday, July 1, I am officially an upper level resident and no longer an intern!

Translation:" in charge"

Busy week..more pictures!

This has been a busy week......

Besides working 10-14 days at the clinic/short call,

we have had several parties and events to welcome the new intern class......

It is nice to get together outside of work sometimes...

Thursday night we had our annual intern welcome party at Christy's Pool with some BBQ!

Chris, Rebecca, Joey,Kristy, Jen, Stefanie, Rob and Amanda

Clearly, the only people actually paying attention are Christy and Jess

Amanda, Miranda, Mary, Rebecca and Amanda

To finish the busy week off ,

Patrick and I will be spending the weekend in Atlanta at Chris and Jennell's wedding.

Congrats!

End of the year party!

We had our annual end-of-the-year party at Furman friday night to say goodbye to the third years and welcome our new intern class. It went really well and we had a great time!

Our group poses following our skit/roast for the third years!

Guess who is REALLY pregnant????

My class of pediatric residents- almost second years!!!!!

Rebecca, Christy and I after the yummy mexican dinner!

Patrick and I

"Things I learned on "Grey's Anatomy" that I didn't learn in medical school"

1. Residents perform (and direct) complex surgeries without an attending present

2. Surgical interns rotate through OB/Gyn 3. Asystole is a shockable rhythm

4. Anesthesiologists are a myth (except when needed to run out of the room in a panic)

5. A major university teaching hospital has only a surgical residency program and no medical students

6. Patients need only oxygen via a nasal canula while undergoing surgery

7. Surgical residents dictate all care given to every patient in the hospital

8. A surgical resident has more power than the chief of surgery

9. Orthopaedics residents perform any type of surgery, including Gyn surgeries

10. The chief of surgery runs the hospital

11. Internship lasts for 3 years

12. World-class neurosurgeons live in trailers

13. Clinical brain death leads to absolutely no long-term neurological consequences and has an extremely short recovery time

14. Interns perform fellowship-level procedures after studying for a couple hours

15. There is no ancillary staff at most hospitals

16. Surgeons run the ER17. Informed consent is a myth

18. Organ transplants are given to patients with an "in" with the chief of surgery

19. Interns perform surgeries solo on the first day of internship (all we really needed to know about surgery we learned in medical school)

20. Cardiothoracic surgeons routinely perform appendectomies

21. Nurses play no routine role in patient care

22. Doctors routinely develop romantic relationships with their patients

22a. This is in no way frowned-upon

23. Familial consent is not necessary to perform an autopsy

24. HIPAA is a myth

25. OB/Gyn training includes pediatric cardiothoracic surgery training

26. Intubation is not a standard, accepted medical practice (see #6)

27. Interns routinely perform their own MRIs

28. 100% recovery of functioning is routine after every surgical procedure

29. Surgical interns insert epidural catheters without supervision (also, see #4)

30. Symptoms of a cerebellar herniation mimic those of a common cold

31. Surgeons know enough medicine to run a clinic

32. The Bell Commission rules seemingly haven't reached all hospitals yet

32a. Despite seemingly working 100+ hours a week, interns still have time to look beautiful

33. Cardiothoracic surgeons manage arrythmias intra-op (see #4)

34. Facemasks are optional in the OR

35. Interns must, in addition to sleeping with an attending, pass a test in order to move on to PGY2

36. You can keep your license after cutting a patient's LVAD wire on purpose and "going on probation" for the hospital with no legal consequences

37. It is completely professional for medical staff to fight each other in front of patients

38. Unlike other forms of alcohol, tequila actually does not impair your ability to render decisions on critical medical issues

39. Hospital shifts start at a decent morning hour

40. Surgical interns have time to eat lunch. Sitting down.

All at the same time.******************

41. Residents schedule their own surgeries (and can cancel them for personal diversions)

42. Standard first-line treatment for GERD is endoscopic fundal plication

42a. H2 blockers and PPIs are a myth

43. Bacterial endocarditis "is nothing to worry about"

44. Toxic megacolon "just happens" and "is nothing to worry about"

45. Placenta accreta is an obscure medical term that only OB/Gyn's know

45a. It is standard to attempt a vaginal delivery with a diagnosis of placenta accreta

46. It is impossible to determine the parternity of a fetus while it is still in utero

47. Rules regarding hospital privileges are a myth

48. The five lowest-scoring interns on the "intern test" do not get asked back to the program (see #35)

49. "Do you have any pain?... Any... anything?" constitutes sufficient history-taking when a patient has been in a car accident

50. General surgery interns routinely work in the NICU

51. Orthopaedics chief residents preside over general surgery residents

52. This cheif of surgery, when he reaches his mid-50's, should probably step down for being "too old"

53. PGY4 Orthopaedics residents are the only available surgeons with enough expertise to bounce back and forth between 3 concurrent surgeries

Isn't she adorable?

Just in case you were wondering- no, we don't have any surprises-

This is Reagan, the daughter of our good friends Lindsay and Chad.

She's one month now!!!!!

Chattanooga Mini-Vacation!!!

We took a three and a half day trip up to Chattanooga over the past few days... our first vacation as a married couple!!

(not including our honeymoon of course :)

We did lots of touristy stuff and spent lots of time together (a rare thing for us!!!)

View of the aquarium and the riverfront from Walnut St. Bridge.

Of course we had to visit the Tn Aquarium...

Here is Patrick in front of a waterfall and some trout he can catch only in his dreams.

We also got to see "3D Deep Sea Adventure" at the Imax

Hiking around in the hot June sun-

We explored the Bluff View Art District....

If you look close you can see that the sign says "Martin House".

MMMMM...Room service!!! It was really good !

Lounging on the stone couch in front of Ben and Jerry's!

more pictures....

Our room at the Chattanoogan.....

View from our room of the courtyard and hotel entrance...

We ate dinner at the Southside Grill- the location of our rehearsal dinner! It was even more delicious- and less stressful!!!! I highly recommend the flourless chocolate torte!!!

Interesting Great Dane sculpture near the Hunter Museum...

View of the Tenn. River and the Walnut Street Bridge