Baylor College of Medicine – ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
So proud of my alma mater’s response to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge! Congrats to all the participants for continuing to raise awareness for this great cause!
Category: PGY-2 (CA-1)
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First Experience In Pre-Op Screening Clinic
I’m eating breakfast and reviewing good ‘ol pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics before my call shift this afternoon, but I wanted to drop a quick blurb about the four days I spent in anesthesia pre-op screening clinic last week. The overall purpose of this clinic is to determine if patients are safe…
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Clinical Fluctuations in the Unconscious
Medical trainees are taught how to listen to patients’ chief complaints and decide how to pursue a diagnostic work-up. Atypical chest pain, acute appendicitis, kidney stones, and a myriad of other diagnoses all have particular “classic symptoms” patients often reference in their history; however, what happens when patients can’t talk to you?…
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First Six Weeks Of Anesthesia
Between my first month at the VA and (nearly) two weeks at Ben Taub General Hospital (BTGH), I’m becoming more comfortable with the operating room and performing anesthetics. Having the opportunity to learn two very popular anesthesia machines (Datex-Ohmeda and Drager Apollo) in two very busy clinical environments with a wide…
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From PGY-1 to CA-1 – Finished With My First Month!
I’m coming off a ridiculously busy Friday call shift, but I wanted to reflect on my first month of being a second year resident (PGY2, or CA1 in anesthesia land). I’ll be honest – at first, I missed aspects of internal medicine. The concept of “working up” a patient is…