Quiet December 21, 2008
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It’s been quiet lately at the hospital.
There have been the odd bursts of activity here and there. A few days ago I got a trauma that died in the ER from what we suspect was a cardiac tamponade. Just yesterday we had a code in the hospital lobby that turned out to be just a guy who was outside smoking whose IV fell out and bled all over, causing the lobby volunteer to panic at the sight of blood and call a code in to the switchboard.
But apart from all that, not much is going on. There’s a Horrible Christmas Tale in the works from a couple years ago, but apart from that there’s just not much going on in my mind. Some would say that that’s my baseline, but bah to them!
I’ll have more posts as soon as the muse strikes me.
Though I never dare utter the Q word aloud, and surely complain every time we’re drowning in patients, I still find very eery when the ER empties out (usually because it’s a sign we’re about to get slammed)
Quiet is good.
Have a very happy holiday, KB, and best wishes for the coming year.
Merry Christmas, man.
It’s good that it’s slow…though I’ll admit it doesn’t make for many blog posts (I’m in the same position right now).
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It is good to have a moment to just breathe. Enjoy it. You know that come the week between Christmas and New Years it will pick up.