I just started a rotation at the higher ranked, more academically minded institution across town, and I feel like a fish out of water.
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PSYCH RESIDENT
Oh my god! I took care of the craziest patient today!! Listen to this, you won't believe it, but I swear it was true. She was covered in her own feces and was talking to her hallucinations as she threw pieces of paper at us!
OTHER PSYCH RESIDENT
Holy cow! What did you do??
FIRST PSYCH RESIDENT
Well, we didn't know what to do, so we gave her a combo of Zyprexa and Ativan IM. Anything to calm her down quickly, you know.
ME
Wait! You gave those together??
BOTH RESIDENTS
[stare at me as though they suddenly realize that there is another person in the room as I blush to the high heavens for speaking when not spoken to]
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FIRST PSYCH RESIDENT
Well, I think all that talk about respiratory depression is just anecdotal. Anyhow... [pointedly stares at his co-resident and obviously dismisses me]... I don't even know how she ended up at our hospital! How did she get through security?? Hahahaha!!
ME
[speechless]
---It's gonna be a long month. Oy.
