PGY-3 (CA-2)
The Emotional Fatigue Of A Code Blue
"Push FAST, GO!" I heard our ICU attending say as we hurled our patient's stretcher down the hall towards a vacant ICU bed. "PEA arrest - as soon as we stop, someone needs to jump...
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PGY-3 (CA-2)
Don’t Call Me Doctor
Walk through a modern day teaching hospital, and you'll be greeted by a stream of white coats. Pharmacists, technicians, lab workers, researchers, nurse practitioners, social workers, students, physicians, and residents are difficult to tell...
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PGY-3 (CA-2)
Passed The ABA Basic Exam!
Just got my ABA Basic Exam results - I passed! In true board exam fashion, here is the anticlimactic posting:
I'll take the ABA Advanced Exam right after graduating from residency. Hopefully it also goes...
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PGY-3 (CA-2)
The Weekend Medical ICU Resident
This weekend, I ran most of the medical ICU and had flashbacks to ICU rotations from my intern year. It's a field I was considering from the get-go, but this weekend reinvigorated my interest...
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PGY-3 (CA-2)
Anesthesiologists Are Old Or Bold – Never Both
My ICU attending, a more experienced physician who has seen the practice of critical care evolve over decades, left me with an interesting thought yesterday. We discussed a potentially difficult airway and the need...
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PGY-3 (CA-2)
First Day Of CA-2 Year
I'm kicking off my third year of residency ("CA-2" in anesthesia world) working at MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the top two cancer institutes in the country! As a medical student at Baylor...
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