The Daily Analgesic Blog Posts

Many of you may be reticent, given the doomsday landscape outside our doors, to leave your house and family to attend your shift at work. While we empathize and understand, we also want to remind you of your duty as a healthcare employee to show up for your patients and colleagues, including those involved in non-urgent, scheduled elective surgeries and procedures.

At 2:37pm, three pagers went off at once. There was a new pain consult from SICU, a polytrauma arriving in the ED, and a code occurring on the medical oncology floor upstairs that would need an airway. Fries and half-eaten meals were abandoned with intent to return, although unclear what hour that would be, and the team quickly and dutifully dispersed to attend to their patients.

On behalf of every resident, circulating nurse, scrub tech, consultant, and other colleague that you interact with on a daily basis, I want to apologize for horribly misinterpreting your dedication to healthcare and pledge to respect the sanctity of your tantrums.

While she has proved herself as a capable clinician, Dr. Shah still struggles with the culture of our critical care unit, which is deterring her further development as a member of our team.