Does anyone else feel like working in the hospital has made you completely oblivious to fire alarms? I was on vacation once and the fire alarm went off in the hotel in the middle of the night. My instinct was to ignore it, but my family member had to convince me that we should get out of bed.

Things the Pitt has not shown yet- spending hours on the phone desperately trying to get a hospital to accept your transfer of a patient you cannot care for at your own hospital.

Wonder what the human brain does when representatives from the entire planet communicate simultaneously that you suck ass.

J.D. Vance was booed so badly at the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony that even the announcers commented on it. “There is the Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha—OOP, those are not… uh… those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.”

Here’s some wacky AI generated memes‘ about the murder of the civilian by ICE. -CBS News tomorrow

Heading into my shift for the Monday after holiday break during a crazy flu season.

Very normal vehicle spotted today. People are pumped for Bears v Packers!

Does anyone have online classes for medical Spanish? Shockingly, things like duolingo and Babbel are not cutting it for actually learning. #MedSky

My new shop is slightly lower acuity than where I had been working and I almost forgot how electric it can feel to run a successful, challenging resuscitation. We’ve had a few the last month or so and it feels good

I tell you things are so bad and hopeless right now but I simply can’t get enough of reading other peoples jokes about Taylor swift on the internet

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

I am like ssssuuuuuuuuper good at the ER doctor stuff I have saved more than one life I can save more than one life for your country I am begging you to take me to save life in your country

Had such a refreshing and rejuvenating weekend at the @womeninmedicine.bsky.social Summit. It’s so important to see the amazing work others are doing and learn how to lift each other up.

So thrilled to be at the @womeninmedicine.bsky.social summit! Thanks to @darakass.com for pulling me in.

It’s hard for me to explain why Noah Wyle winning for the Pitt feels so momentous but then I saw someone say this and it feels right. It’s not just that he plays our job (well), it’s how much he stands up for us in every interview and every chance he gets. It feels like he gets it.

The biggest change b/w my residency trailing and real life is the use of ultrasound, both POCUS and formal. Most of my sites only use POCUS for venous access and formal US only available during business hours. In residency we POCUS'd everyone. I even took a formal TEE course which I never use.

I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.

Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city's homeless — plus it's illegal, experts say.

Just had a very frustrating interaction to end a very busy shift. I had been busy but in a good mood all night and that is all squandered. 😑

The @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social crowd cheering during Lawrence of Arabia for a shot of a business card with "Chicago, Illinois" on it is the reason I go to the movies.

It’s been ~1 month since I switched jobs. I miss friends from work but am generally much happier. No more admin = free time and not on 24 hr call for emergencies. Your girl was tired. Commute is now a 5 min bike ride. The hospital has AC?? And Epic?? And generally functions?? What is this?!

In high school, I took a class called “Film as Lit” led by my favorite teacher. It was a seminal moment in my appreciation for movies and how I view the world. That teacher passed a few years ago. I miss him dearly.

Hello Bluesky! have you heard about 70MM IMAX releases recently? did you perhaps notice that Chicago (the third largest city in the U.S.) didn't have a location on the list? this is because we lost our only "true" IMAX 5 years ago! now we are seeking support to get a new one built (or something)

@musicboxtheatre.bsky.social is just the best. 70 mm festival! Tonight 2001: A Space Odyssey tonight. Later this festival- Sinners, Dunkirk, Lawrence of Arabia, and maaaaybe Close Encounters

Started a new job that’s a 5 minute bike commute. Currently seeking recs for a commuter e-bike. Bonus if it handles speed bumps well, as half that route has speed bumps. I don’t need a ton of cargo space.

Shift 3/5 (hours 34/54) done in this stretch. Just had my last shift at one of my two hospitals after working primarily there for 2 years. Bittersweet. 2 more shifts to vacation and a new job!

Maybe it is just the particular soul-crushing that my job has been doing lately, but currently I feel so hopeless about the state of urban, community hospitals. Every single person I talk to says that in low SES areas, the hospitals are all falling apart with no lifeboat

Shout out to lakes for having no sharks #Jaws

I would like to formally state that it is absolutely ridiculous that severe hand injuries do not count as “Traumas”

Once again, this is why we cannot ask pregnant trainees / early career faculty to attend scientific & medical conferences in states that outlaw abortion, and hence why we absolutely must not hold conferences in these states

We ended up moving to the outpatient building which was only 80 degrees. Only chairs, no beds, no monitors, no Pyxis, no suction, no in-line oxygen. Fortunately didn’t end up needing those my shift but 😬 A local NH tried to send a patient over and didn’t believe us when we said we were closed.

Our hospital was closed by the state for being too hot but they have kept the ER open for walk ins. Last 2 nights, the ER has hit 99 degrees. Leads don’t stick on sweaty patients. VBG machines don’t work. Who has tips for me surviving my shift there today?

t.co/wXKuvNz23C This article feels like a good time to announce I’ll be changing jobs August 1st!

Quote this with a great TV father.

Abolish

I’m just a girl, after a late shift, asking Wikipedia to honor dark mode

Warning to my Chicago EM people- there's a bad batch going around near Lake and Pulaski. We got slammed yesterday with overdoses, as did every other area hospital. 🩺

“‘banana flavor’ tastes that way because it’s based on the gros michel variety that was wiped out by disease instead of the modern cavendish variety” no it doesn’t. banana flavor tastes that way because artificial flavors taste like ass.

I’m not ignoring you. I’m initiating Ghost Protocol

Got introduced in an email by one of my colleagues as "Dr. Rieser" to a third party. I introduced myself as a doctor. The third party then replied to me, with "Ms. Rieser". whyyyyyyyyyy

Signs I’ve worked too many shifts in a row (nights edition): - my bad knee acts up and I have to ice it and hobble around - empathy battery needs more intense recharging - I don’t remember the last vegetable I ate - I can’t string together a coherent sentence - there is only sleep or hospital

My plan did not work and I was selected as a juror. 🫠

CW: drowning, pediatric loss Summer is almost here and I feel obligated to share water safety tips from a Pediatric EM physician I follow. Please, please keep an eye on kids around the water and take proper precautions. Drowning can happen to anyone any time of the year.

This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?

Fighting back against having to do post-night shift jury duty by wearing the grubbiest scrubs I own. (Changed out of my scrubs from last night into these, I’m not a monster)