Consultacaller
A doctor who just calls others to manage things. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
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A collection of 177 issues
Uro-detour
The moment you realise that, thanks to a switchboard mix-up, you’ve just spent five minutes trying to admit a patient with urinary retention to the neurology on-call team. Submitted by Jon Campbell.
Bleedline
The slow spread of red along gauze during a procedure, telling you more than the monitors do.
Woundwarm
The radiating heat of an infected wound under your gloved fingertips.
Chopperholics
Doctors and nurses obsessed by helicopters despite the lack of evidence. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Beepaphobia
The terror that the second you fall asleep your pager will go off. Hence you can't go to sleep. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Birthfumble
The mild humiliation of realising you forgot to book your own birthday off work.
Wardrift
The quiet dislocation that happens when a doctor’s body makes it home but their mind is still trailing behind on the ward — rounds looping in their head, charts whispering, patients lingering — leaving family meals and bedtime stories feeling like they’re happening just out of reach. Submitted by my
Chicago-no-hope
The service where everyone seems to be profoundly pessimistic. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Beeperphantom
Hearing your pager go off when it has not.