Me, after taking a peek at the Emergency Department locator from AAU to see what kind of a day it& #39;s going to be.
Me when I have to dress properly because I& #39;m meeting the execs
Me when the SHO tells me they& #39;ve started antibiotics for a UTI because the patient is confused.
Me asking the specialist if they& #39;re coming to see the patient or not.
Me waiting for the night F1 to load up the blood results to look at, when he keeps clicking the wrong box
Me checking out the CT1& #39;s poster at a conference.
Me pretending it& #39;s fine that they only have xxxl scrub pants on the burns unit
Me trying to leave the ward after rounds on Friday but I haven& #39;t countersigned the DNACPR and TEP forms yet
My registrar& #39;s expression at the specialist she& #39;s having an argument with when I& #39;m like "Yep, she& #39;s 100% correct"
Me realising at 9:30 on a Friday night that there is in fact no locum night registrar and I& #39;ll have to just do nights
My reg when she finds out she& #39;s not doing nights but I am
Me taking the call from the neurosurgeon saying they will take the patient and there is a bed right now
Me from the other site via video conference when we& #39;re on black alert
Me checking the expiry date of the IV fluids we& #39;re about to hang
Me feeling the patient& #39;s pulse whilst actually counting their respiratory rate because the professor of medicine is right behind me
Me retelling the "biggest poo I& #39;ve ever seen, I mean not THE biggest but the widest definitely" story to the team
Me with a grateful elderly patient who insisted I was a fantastic doctor but whom I do not recall and I& #39;m trying to pretend I remember her case vividly
Me pretending I know what the machines in the eye clinic do when I& #39;m down there
Me pointing out to the juniors that the smell on the ward is not pseudomonas, it is in fact fish Friday lunch
Me having words with my colleagues who promised to look after the office Swiss Cheese plant whilst I& #39;m away but haven& #39;t.
Me being very unconvinced by the consultants gastroenterologist& #39;s latest piece of endoscopic kit
Me wondering who ordered 15,000 old versions of the admissions booklet (hint: it& #39;s the dude hiding his face)
Me checking my phone because I& #39;m expecting a call from @DrOliverWarren about a patientbut actually it& #39;s just Candy Crush reminding me I haven& #39;t played today
Me leaving AAU having handed over, the sun is shining, and it& #39;s the weekend
Me trying to let the charge nurse know where to send patients when there are patients waiting in the corridors and in ambulances
Me with the consultant orthopaedic surgeon when called to a C.diff root cause analysis and the patient& #39;s been on cipro for 15 days
Me having a laugh wth the A&E nurses when it& #39;s full HAZMAT PPE training day
Me when the orthopaedic registrar tries to explain the difference between a dynamic hip screw and a gamma nail.
Me trying to be a good geriatrician and inspecting the patient& #39;s footwear before discharge after a fall
Me telling the charge nurse "I know you know this already but Beatrice here is going to need a 1:1 special"
Me on the post take round saying "Is that it? Anyone else to see? Ok I& #39;m going for a coffee."