A shining post-call moment:
I was trying to call the chemistry lab to cancel a lab I had inadvertently ordered on a patient.
First I called and wasn't paying enough attention to the phone menu, so I pressed the wrong number.
I called back, but this time I dialed the wrong phone number altogether.
I called back again and listened to the message, but accidentally pressed the wrong menu number again anyway.
I called back again and this time didn't listen to the message, but accidentally pressed the wrong menu number once again.
Finally, on the fifth try, I managed to get through to the lab.
Time to go home, eh?
I can so relate doc. But in a different situation. I almost gave the wrong drug to the wrong patient during my student nursing duty days. And I'm praying I won't mess up when I will start my medical student clerkship.
ReplyDeleteWe just need to recharge our neurons once in a while to function properly. haha!
Yeah, but if you were one of my patients you'd simply blame the whole thing on our phone system.
ReplyDeleteI was on shift 4/4 (nursing - night shift) and kept calling down to lab to see if they had run my patient's ABG yet. I'm giving them a name and MR number and they keep saying that they haven't received anything. Finally, I'm about ready to shank a bitch and it's pretty obvious over the phone...when I realize that I'd been giving them the wrong patient info the entire time.
ReplyDeleteI got as far as calling the lab and practically yelling at them for losing my patient's bloodwork.
DeleteThen I realized I was looking up the wrong patient the whole time.
It was very embarrassing. I was post call.
I do agree, post call = slightly drunk. (especially when driving back home...)
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ReplyDeleteIf you replace "chemistry lab" with "Papa Johns", this is like the story of my entire college career. And then med school happened..
ReplyDeleteYeah, I ordered some labs just before going off duty this past Wednesday, and did everything right except put the patient's ID-labels on the blood tubes... which meant they were rejected and had to be drawn again the next day. Sigh.
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