This morning, I woke up at 4:45, to complete silence. As any Canadian knows, there is no silence like that of a snowfall, so instantly I knew that there was a blanket of snow on the ground outside. When I looked out the window, I was greeted by about three inches of snow. June is in a week, and I still need to get the snow off my car before I head out to the hospital.
Anyways, I was gonna say a bit about my 24 hours of trauma call last weekend. It was pretty crazy. There were some car crashes, a couple of stabbings, etc. But, the big shocker for me was the number of ATV/quad injuries, who made up the majority of cases. In terms of long-term problems, I think that it will probably the quad riders that will end up in the most trouble; those things are dangerous, holy cow.
Good to see, though, how the whole system works. The city has a few good people standing at the ready to save our lives, 24/7.
Well, I got about 30 minutes of sleep during my shift. I was pretty much shot when I got out the door late in the morning on Victoria Day. Oh, it was snowing then too...
Snow?
ReplyDeleteAdmit it, you miss the east coast.
Snow??? It's been in the 30's here for the last couple of days. That's kind of a shock when you get out after a day in a freezing OR...
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, there's nothing like a motorcycle accident to monopolize a beautiful day and spend it in the OR! It really discourages you to get that kind of thing!
Quads are hugely dangerous. When I was working in the oil industry they actually made a rule that employees weren't allowed to use them; though contractors still could.
ReplyDeleteBut I think the time I have spent in emergency has made me a little superstitious. There seems to be theme days: one time everyone seemed to have renal problems, another it was an unusual number of concussions, or all infections (and me woefully ignorant of my antibiotics).
I don't miss the coast really; Boston always felt so wet and cold. But, I do miss the intense heat of summer nights in the Ottawa valley...
ReplyDeleteI wish it was 30 C here... although I probably wouldn't notice; I'd be inside a freezing cold hospital anyways.
I am pretty sure I'll never quad in my lifetime.
Theme nights at the ER. Interesting idea!
My first gen surg consult ended up being appendicitis, with a classic presentation. Reminded me of studying for the MCATs... sigh.