During my intern year, I learned a very important lesson:
Never let the family of your patient see your very detailed discharge summary, unless they are already out the door. I can do without being questioned on every sentence of my discharge summary.
Wife of patient: (furious) "You doctors keep saying that he has sinus problems, but he doesn't. He can breathe fine. This is a mistake!"
Me: "Where did I say he had sinus problems?"
Wife: "Right here! You wrote he had sinus bradycardia!"
Me: "Sigh.
Bahaha! That's hilarious.
ReplyDeleteSadly a great many of our patients (in state hospitals) can barely read, let alone speak English...
I can imagine your frustration then, but it provides such great fodder for blog posts now
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Just awesome. I wish my patients' relatives had such easily correctable issues.
ReplyDeleteThen the real quandry starts, whether to try and describe cardiac physiology to them or just give them a z-pack and go home (kidding of course).
ReplyDeleteOk, first I had to look up with bradycardia was. Which was awesome because this is now just too funny =)
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain. Oh how I feel your pain.
ReplyDeleteOH so amazing....hahaha
ReplyDeleteLove the blog! :)
I just snorted out my drink!
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