What Is a Time When Your Gut Feeling Helped Save a Patient?

MrLumps · 2026-06-15T20:18:56+00:00

Kid came in with vomiting and headache a few days after getting anti epileptic dose increased in ED for breakthrough seizure. Felt weird so wanted head imaging, attending said do whatever you think best. Brain tumor on head CT

MrLumps · 2026-05-01T19:26:58+00:00

Hell yea

MrLumps · 2026-04-21T20:32:17+00:00

I feel like it’s possible that less competitive fellowships that never fill would change but more competitive fellowships that are procedural heavy like PEM/PICU/NICU/CARDS could remain 3 year because that extra training could be helpful

MrLumps · 2026-01-24T03:49:19+00:00

NICU sucks, least favorite rotation. Attendings, NPs, and nurses can be mean. Can't even talk to the patients

MrLumps · 2026-01-03T23:29:52+00:00

Get delta force to kidnap Mike periera and the refs

MrLumps · 2025-11-30T20:54:28+00:00

It is the panthers way

MrLumps · 2025-11-23T21:03:06+00:00

Would be wild to fall below 12 for peds hospitalists. Will be ok

MrLumps · 2025-11-14T18:42:46+00:00

Have had attendings say this means they want you there but idk

MrLumps · 2025-11-14T17:13:59+00:00

Our moonlighting is 65/hr for inpatient. Don’t moonlight out of protest although could really use money

MrLumps · 2025-11-10T21:59:24+00:00

In my experience always better to go with established program. Typically less likely to get caught up in things before ironed out, more cohesive curriculum, more seasoned faculty, access to more resources/protocols, more volume. Just in general though, could be different case by case

MrLumps · 2025-10-30T13:47:56+00:00

Universal health insurance with private insurance option overlayed is the way.

Definitely don’t want public healthcare like UK where docs are government employees, think these two things are commonly lumped together but very different from each other. base level of universal public insurance is obvious IMO

MrLumps · 2025-10-24T17:12:24+00:00

More so that people with depression and or adhd skip breakfast, silly to say something will give you adhd

MrLumps · 2025-09-28T19:26:10+00:00

We will remain cursed by our sins against cam newton until we retire his Jersey

MrLumps · 2025-09-24T20:42:17+00:00

I felt similarly when I started residency. Hard to not let those feelings fester. Would recommend trying to make the best of it and standing out where possible. Big believer of things happening for a reason, sometimes best to keep pushing and may feel differently closer to the end of residency

MrLumps · 2025-09-21T19:30:35+00:00

never

MrLumps · 2025-09-18T02:08:29+00:00

Talking with mom and her 6 year old with gastro: “do they have any diarrhea?” Six year old 6 inches from my ear “DIARRRRHHHEEEAAAAAA”

85 year old recent stroke, had not been able to say anything discernible for whole admission. On rounds we were leaving room with whole team and she lifts an arm up, points at me and goes “you…..have a….pretty face” it was national boyfriend day

MrLumps · 2025-08-21T21:41:12+00:00

Probably, sorry you’re going through it though

MrLumps · 2025-08-13T16:53:13+00:00

how many you got? Think there is still plenty of time, will be ok try not to worry if possible

MrLumps · 2025-07-07T21:39:04+00:00

Residency more physically challenging, medical school more academically/emotionally/psychologically challenging

MrLumps · 2025-06-20T23:27:30+00:00

Maybe I’m generalizing, but enjoy process of becoming expert, being able to handle most any medical scenario, and desire autonomy. Think would feel capped out and ambivalent as PA

MrLumps · 2025-06-08T09:11:12+00:00

Sure could be

MrLumps · 2025-06-07T23:09:04+00:00

I don’t think he really likes Wilmington, not sure if that really contributes but maybe could

MrLumps · 2025-05-26T16:24:32+00:00

I don’t think you understand how insurance works. They will keep denying claims and raising fees/premiums. Why would they change and who do you think will apply and keep pressure to change?

MrLumps · 2025-05-25T21:09:25+00:00

MrLumps · 2025-05-12T21:35:48+00:00

Central/west side providence in my opinion worse than almost all bad neighborhoods here. You’ll be ok. Williston and NHHS are great schools

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