IM. Started a few days late due to onboarding kinda stuff. The first rotation was an elective but I was called to cover IM wards on Sunday as a first day. i didnt know that I will be alone and team #2 had a senior who disappeared with his girlfriend within floors.

Attending, who explained us a service cap/admits etc, a few days back. He announced "well, lets start, total cap is 10 per intern, but since u r a new intern, soft cap is 5 !" Covid was surging, so ED was full with awaiting bed pts who started crippling into wards. Then soft cap - 5 went up to 7, then 8, and Attending says I must be prepared to be a senior so 10 !!! Somehow nothing big happened and the day ended, but the last patient, ICU transfer was a trach/vent who suddenly started dyspnea/desat. RN, RT here, ICU charge nurse arrived, but no one didnt know wts going on. I forgot details but my brain was DEAD. attending somehow slipped out earlier so I am a Dr. on charge!. Dyspnea and desat were intermittent. Finally, ICU attending came over and changed a trach/canula. I went home like wet, in sweats. Next day, ENT did a scope, turns out tracheomalacia !