Wardfloat
That dissociated drift through a shift when you're running on fumes.
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A collection of 112 issues
Poonami
That enormous bowel movement after days of opiate induced constipation. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
Notewell
The quiet satisfaction of writing a set of notes so clear you know they will outlive you.
Necropsylinger
The subtle trace of the pathology suite that seems to follow you out long after you’ve left—an olfactory reminder of the answers uncovered within. Submitted by Dr Susannah Lillis.
Title-clinger
A colleague who insists on being addressed as “Dr.” or “Mr.” or "Prof" at all times, bristling at the faintest slip into first-name territory—despite the fact that you’re peers, and you still have mental images of them passed out at 3 a.m. in medical school.
Consultacaller
A doctor who just calls others to manage things. Submitted by Peter Brindley.
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.