This Morning

I went in to the hospital extra early this morning to get some studying in, but decided to visit the ER to see if anything was going on. The first person who rolled in at 5:30 or so had broken her arm last night. It was clear she would need IV access for a probable surgery. I jumped up and put in an anticubital IV like it was nothing. I know doing these simple tasks will get old after a while, but seeing her immediate relief after giving nausea and pain medicine (through the IV, of course) was quite gratifying.

Shown above is a schematic of a self-retracting IV catheter needle like we use to place peripheral lines.

I'm in the hospital's library studying right now and just heard the helicopter land. You might be an aspiring ER doc if the sound of chopper blades makes you think "Airway Breathing Circulation" and inspires you to flip in your trauma surgery notes to the section on the four main types of shock...

Must... Keep... Focus... On... Studying...