great day

just got back from work today at capital, and MAN i am jazzed. i had a great shift with an awesome attending.

although there are certain parameters that most doctors stay within, emergency medicine is extremely variable in practice. it's probably because i trained originally in family medicine, but my practice tends to fall on the minimalist side of things.

\sometimes, this is what happens when i run a case by my attendings:  i propose what i believe to be a reasonable battery of tests for patients. attending looks at me funny. attending tells me that i need to order this or that scan or test and if i don't i'll be sued so watch my backside or else.

not so today. i had the best day i've had in a long time working with dr. c, who, i felt, was just about the most reasonable attending i've worked with so far. no unnecessary blood tests, no needless irradiation (which, we recently have learned, significantly increases our patients' cancer risks). what a breath of fresh air.

not only that, i'm off "jeopardy call," which means i can't get called into the hospital this week. sweet! now off for a recovery run and a relaxing evening. oh, and i'm not even sore from yesterday, which is a double bonus.