Recent content by BushDoc20

im a 1st dan black belt in shotokan karate.....but i also carry a rifle on the whirlybird incase i come across a croc in the field...

i came across this list the other day: Acetazolimide 750mg BD Sodium Valproate 600mg BD Fluoxetine 40mg Mane Propranolol 40mg BD Keppra 250mg BD

ok first thing..Breathe...when i was doing my surg rotation i had a hardass registrar that pushed me more than any other med student he'd had....it may seem hard but in the long run, that person has made you a better doctor pushing you to breaking point you learn the most valuable...

if you go into medicine so people believe you are a god...don't bother! you work your ass off get spat on, bitten,abused and spewed on as an intern only to turn around and cop the same for pretty much most of your career....if you don't have empathy, can't eat humble pie, aren't thick skinned to...

when i was really crook i got a call every day from the neuro dept, pain management and ED! because i was living by myself they wanted to make sure i was ok...now i do these calls not only to give crappy news but just to see how a patient is doing....i make them quick so the d/c patient can't...

what about a cadaver??? then it gives a real veiw on what a intubation will be like....doesn't matter if they screw up because well the person is dead already....how realistic are the training heads? i just used a cadaver....

i took a dictating machine to all my lectures/workshops/intensives and tutes......i was up at 4.30am every morning (grew up on a farm) and most of my classes started at 9am but i never got home before 7.30pm....so i would turn up to classes that had a sign in sheet and the ones in the afternoon...

i try to separate my own beliefs and work....i believe there is a time and place for religion....i tend to talk to Jahovers witness' about auto transfusions during surgery and provided they are conscious in the Resus Room, i explain the it is not anyone else blood but their own and most agree to it.

do what i do and am pretty much my own boss! i do mission (aboriginal) health checks, OBGYN checks/deliveries, transfers (hospital, different mission camps etc) its awesome.

20mth old brought in today full arrest after falling in the family pool and drowning because the gate was open due to renovations.....eesh, got her back to sinus tach on the ventilator and in PICU but i had to tell her parents they will have to make a decision in the next few days whether or...

i agree with birdstrike.....TURN UP FOR THE CONSULT!!! so many times i've called psych for a consult and they've said 'we're swamped at the moment' fair enough but if i have a suicidal pt or a pt threatening staff i want you to drop whatever you're doing and do a psych eval on them....i don't...

i really feel for you guys...they better start breeding them tougher. also i had a male pt 26yrs old come in with piles of paper...he was complaining of everything and he'd 'gone on the internet and googled his symptoms' (what he told me).....i did a H&P on him and proceeded to diagnose him...

man i really feel for you guys....i think they need to start breeding americans tougher....at the hospital i've mainly had parents bring their infants or toddlers in if they refuse liquids, don't sleep and have a slight temp. i do the vitals on kids under 5 purely because nursing staff have been...

WTF!!!!! looking at that they couldn't even do a surgical airway......and where did the bars go in...i can't even see! that's all sorts of messed up! the only one wearing PPE is the fire fighter!

lol, poor snake....80% of bites are dry bites anyway.... i would be more worried about someone washing the bite than killing a snake, bringing it in and having a doctor identify the snake wrongly....i'm the resident snake go to person...i know all species