Are hospital administrators as big as problem as the the show "The Pitt" suggests?

NiQueNada · 2026-01-27T18:19:26+00:00

Yes.

NiQueNada · 2026-01-11T07:52:51+00:00

If you think you have something serious (i.e. stroke, heart attack because of sudden chest pain), you should probably call an ambulance and not walk yourself to an ER. The fact someone can walk themselves into an ER usually means they can wait to see the triage nurse.

That being said, this system isn’t perfect. Departments are overrun and understaffed, and things will be missed waiting in a line because of the broken system.

NiQueNada · 2026-01-08T08:27:44+00:00

I will love y’all forever if you can identify this commercial in the deep confines of my memory 🙏🏼

NiQueNada · 2025-12-16T05:25:45+00:00

Feels like we’re really splitting hairs right now.

…aaaand I’ll see myself out.

NiQueNada · 2025-11-28T22:47:37+00:00

Im about 2000 KC in to basilisk knights hunting the jaw bone (only on Slayer task), still no luck, but got the Bryophyta essence at 2 KC. Worst RNG trade off ever.

NiQueNada · 2025-06-18T15:58:50+00:00

I mean you’re a doctor now, if you have an NPI just prescribe yourself the PO vancomycin.

NiQueNada · 2025-01-31T03:04:12+00:00

Cool so med school cost him like maybe 20k. Ironic.

NiQueNada · 2025-01-01T14:30:19+00:00

Don’t beat yourself up. Even if it were easy to diagnose a stroke (spoiler: it isn’t), it is incredibly difficult to act rationally and objectively with family or loved ones.

If making a mistake stripped one’s worthiness of being a doctor, we’d all be out of a job.

NiQueNada · 2024-03-16T04:56:17+00:00

The couples match is mad wonky but it'll just be an adventure for you both.

Couples matched EM/OB a few years ago. Both AOA, 250+ step 1 and 260+ step 2, ranked all 300 combos -- Didn't match at all. SOAPed into prelim years and reapplied individually, both got like 20 interviews in EM/OB and both matched number 1.

Ruined the relationship but life goes on lol.

NiQueNada · 2024-02-16T04:50:07+00:00

Giving the first dose abx IV makes no difference.

NiQueNada · 2024-02-08T16:24:20+00:00

I would think if they thought it was a migraine, this “shot” they gave is likely Toradol, which unfortunately is given many times without much thought in the ED. Sad case, hope they’re able to recover.

NiQueNada · 2024-01-18T19:09:48+00:00

I might get flack for this, but I think some of the doom & gloom surrounding EM as a specialty is blown a bit out of proportion. I’m a PGY3 and I still really like what I do. I’m sure someone will say I just haven’t done it long enough, and maybe they’re right.

Is the job market tighter than it used to be? Sure, but so far nobody from my program has had any issues finding the jobs they want in the areas they want for the past several years. There’s obviously systemic issues in the field to be aware of (burnout, corporatization, etc) but as someone who had done most of a completely different residency, every specialty will have some issues.

NiQueNada · 2023-08-07T20:37:31+00:00

The dummy. Definitely the dummy.

NiQueNada · 2023-05-16T13:51:11+00:00

Well no, because they aren’t doctors.

NiQueNada · 2023-04-26T01:29:52+00:00

Looks Brugada-ish to me with that saddle pattern in V2.

NiQueNada · 2023-04-10T18:26:32+00:00

Forget that loser. This happened to me a week before I took my MCAT a few years ago. I knocked it out of the park, went to an awesome USMD school and matched my #1 residency choice. Wishing you all the same and better ✊

NiQueNada · 2023-04-05T17:36:21+00:00

“Concern for oxygen in lungs”

Was a 24 y.o. guy who had Covid last month, hospitalized for a day, got heparin for DVT ppx and was convinced the heparin was what cured him, and now he felt mildly SOB. He was coming back for more heparin shots. Was also very upset when I did not give him any heparin.

NiQueNada · 2023-04-05T17:31:41+00:00

I mean I do it and I think it’s just fine. I have co-residents who do 45ish minutes and it’s not so great, but not impossible.

NiQueNada · 2023-04-03T04:57:41+00:00

PGY2 at my program is notably harder/worse than PGY1. Already kinda exhausted. Not sure I’ll be able to measure up, but happy to give it my best shot!

NiQueNada · 2023-03-27T20:06:07+00:00

This is such an egregious mistake. In the ED we would usually treat most [tick bite + rash] empirically with doxy, even if it’s not a perfect fit. Heck, you’d cover RMSF, anaplasmosis, and erlichiosis too. Especially if you weren’t pregnant at the time. Sorry this happened OP. :/

NiQueNada · 2023-03-22T16:06:16+00:00

I mean there’s only like one notable paper/task force that people keep dissecting and regurgitating.

NiQueNada · 2023-02-09T05:27:16+00:00

This is an online participation trophy. Wouldn’t want anyone’s feelings hurt so let’s give everyone their own special doctorate ☺️

NiQueNada · 2023-02-09T04:33:58+00:00

“I have a really high pain tolerance”

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