Man I love this commercial:

The Chinese one? Not so good. Pretty horrible actually. He has masked facies like a Parkinson's patient. What did he invent to have such a smug look?

I was in the ER the other day (not as a patient)* and the first time the attending** chooses to remember my name, she yells "Glove up! and get ready to tradeoff on compressions!"

A second later I felt a light jab in my stomach - a nurse handed me a pair of gloves. It's too bad they called it before I had a chance to get in.

Mid-40s, MVA, respiratory and cardiovascular collapse, they were doing CPR for about 20 minutes. The thing is, MVAs come in all the time. Trauma rooms are populated all the time. If you really want to know if something serious is going down, look for the religious liason standing outside.

*: I used to ask "Have you ever been to the hospital before?" in my interviews. After a few interviews, I started adding "as a patient". Somehow, "hospitalized" sounds too clunky and serious, like they took a trip through the ICU or something.

**: Rockstars.

Pardon the imaginative title.

Year 1 of med school ends. I don't feel any different.



I was watching this video of MJ. I think "Beat it" and this song are the only ones I actually like. Someone the other day said that it was "all about the package"* and I was trying to figure that out. The dancing/singing/performance act.

Well. People need to calm the fuck down. I'll admit, it was a good performance. I just can't see myself going that crazy for an artist.

Probably the most annoying set of videos I've ever watched has CNET's Brian Tong on it. He hosts this segment on CNET called "Prizefight" Here's a clip:



Congratulations, douchebag! You look like a small animal. The kind I stress my suspension over trying to avoid on the highway, but probably shouldn't. I just can't take anything you say seriously. Probably due to the fact you look like one of those IC2 assholes.**

I realize the AzN thing was a fad a long time ago. It's over. Seriously. Flatten down the hair and act civilized. Also, your vehicles are weak. Tong should use his "skills" to photoshop himself into the "You Got Beef?" music video. Preferably into one of those really fly Dodge Neons.

lol. Rappers.

*: There's a kiddie porn joke somewhere in there.
**: I have not been able to figure out what exactly they do.

Quite literally. Yesterday I was coming up a flight of stairs, pretty
quickly, preoccupied with a few things. Well. My leg got caught.

And I have a meeting at 1pm.

DDx:
Ligament damage (95%)
Talar fracture (5%)

My parents want to come down and baby me. I hve a ton of shit to do
too, so that might be convenient. But damn.

I'll do it by myself.

LAME.

2 MONTHS.

It hurts me more than you, trust me.

"My Ramblings" will be back. July 1.

I've always been a fan of human spaceflight, and infinitely critical of the slowed progress we're seeing these days. Kennedy made his famous space speech in 1962, and we were on the moon 7 years later.

Today, to do the same thing, it is taking 15 years, more than double the time. Bush decreed that we go to space in 2004 and the proposed manned launch date is 2019. 15 years!

We should be able to do it in less than 7. It's not like we're building a base on the moon (yet).

Perhaps Burt Rutan can convince you. (link)

Maybe one day I'll delineate what the real problem is, when I get bored of studying.

I sometimes think med school should start in the clinics first. Without this pre-clinic class business. I guess I'm fortunate I only have 8 months or so left. 

I was at preceptor a week ago, and this 14 y/o girl came in with a massively swollen right leg. Apparently her muscle had been hurting for two weeks but the night before, her leg started to swell. Ankle reflexes, peripheral pulses intact. So why was the leg swollen? The doctor spent a few minutes looking up numbers for lymphangitis centers and getting a few consults when I was like - "What about vascular issues?"

She ended up being transported to TXCH ER with a possible DVT in her right leg. If you don't know what that is (long-haul airplane passengers should), it's a clot in the venous return that may become an embolus and go to the lungs and block off blood supplies (pulmonary infarct) or the coronary vessels (myocardial infarct). Her legs were swollen from venous obstruction. 

In my mind, I kept screaming 'CALL FOR A CHOPPER!'

But, I guess the mother driving her there was good enough. 

At first I didn't think much of it, and I still don't, but I guess I played a minor part in that story, more than the usual "Oh, your foot hurts? Let me get some details so I can do my write-up."

I should get back to studying so I can be of more use.