step it up already!

So I've been on the Acute Service for Cardiology for a week now. And last week we had an amazing Attending--albeit a little bit slow. Last Tuesday we rounded for 8 hours...it was unbelievable. But we just had so many patients, and this Attending is so patient and willing to answer questions and not hurry people along. Now the new Attending is this younger guy who's ALSO totally amazing. But after one day of longer rounding because he had to get to know the new patients, he had us out in about 4 hours today! I was floored.

I haven't been blogging as I should lately because the Acute service is SO BUSY. People comin in left and right with chest pain and shortness of breath and EKG changes and elevated Troponins and arrythmias up the yin yang! But all in a day's work.

Today I took SO long on a note for one of my patients that two guys on a surgery team, when they were passing me by, said, "Wait...you're still here?! You were here when we rounded!" (Which is also funny because surgery rounds last like an hour TOPS) And it was true. I must've spent at least 50 minutes on this woman's exam and note. But dude she has literally 20 medications to write up, and new chest x-ray results! And abnormal things! Sheesh! Still, once I get to the point where it's seeing 7 patients in 45 minutes, I'm sure my notes will get reaaaaally crappy...along with my handwriting.

Gotta sleep! One more day of Acute service with the best Resident ever (she's just SO chill), the super-geeky-funny Senior, the dreamy Mc-dreamerson Fellow and the wise-cracking young Attending.

Gosh, how I'll miss the team!