Let’s be honest — nothing tests your professionalism like a defibrillator battery with an attitude. I’ve had standoffs with patients, surgeons, and once, a cafeteria… Read More »Defibrillator Battery: The Top Five Times I Almost Got Into a Fistfight with It
Medical horror stories usually involve blood, lawsuits, or instruments mysteriously missing from the surgical tray. Mine? It started with urination. A heroic, high-stakes, life-threatening bathroom… Read More »Medical Horror Stories: I Went to Pee and Got Locked Out of the OR
Some hospitals hold wellness retreats.Some hospitals invite motivational speakers. Ours discharged all patients and handed out scalpels. It started when Ortho, half-joking and half-dead serious,… Read More »The Scalpel Throwing Championship: A Day in the Life of Hospital Specialties Gone Rogue
Disclaimer No actual interns were harmed in the making of this story. (Emotionally, maybe. Physically, absolutely not.) All events are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to… Read More »Being on Call: One Panicking Intern and Sarcasm Level \u2014 Alien
If you imagine a dermatology clinic as a serene place filled with soft music, calming scents, and polite discussions about skincare, you’re… technically correct.For about… Read More »A Day in the Life Inside a Dermatology Clinic: Mole Hunts, Sunscreen Sermons, and Silent Screaming
If you think “quotes about surgery” means noble wisdom passed down by scalpel-wielding sages, think again. In the real OR, it’s less House of God… Read More »The Surgeon Said What?! 10 Memorable Quotes About Surgery
Night shift is where hope goes to die quietly under fluorescent lights. By the time you’re working a night shift, your social filter is long… Read More »The Night Shift Said What?!
It’s 3:27 a.m. I’m standing in a supply room, staring at a box of gloves like it just asked me to explain the meaning of… Read More »How to Survive Night Shift: Confessions at 3:27 AM
They say laughter is the best medicine, which is great—because at this point, most of us doctors are too tired to prescribe anything else correctly.… Read More »Doctor Fatigue: The Sleepy Doctor Diaries They Don’t Teach in Med School
