Comments on: april fools? http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/ Dr Ben on the strange world that is an emergency department Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dr Ben http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-73 Dr Ben Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:15:11 +0000 http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-73 Hi Niki, Thanks for reading and thank-you for your kind comments. To be truthful, I think 'Scrubs' is close to being the most honest portrayal of hospital life... I look forward to hearing from you in the future. Dr Ben Hi Niki,

Thanks for reading and thank-you for your kind comments. To be truthful, I think ‘Scrubs’ is close to being the most honest portrayal of hospital life…

I look forward to hearing from you in the future.

Dr Ben

]]> By: Niki http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-71 Niki Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:36:44 +0000 http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-71 I think you are amazing, to be able to do your job. You are so right to tell people their relatives have died, rather than 'passed away' or similar. My family had a bereavement recently and I got so fed up with the euphemisms. They don't work. They don't make anything better. I think the mad doctor in Scrubs put it brilliant. Something along the lines of 'All we do is put off the inevitable. At the end of the day, they're all terminal cases.' All respect to you and your colleagues. I think you are amazing, to be able to do your job. You are so right to tell people their relatives have died, rather than ‘passed away’ or similar. My family had a bereavement recently and I got so fed up with the euphemisms. They don’t work. They don’t make anything better.

I think the mad doctor in Scrubs put it brilliant. Something along the lines of ‘All we do is put off the inevitable. At the end of the day, they’re all terminal cases.’

All respect to you and your colleagues.

]]> By: Eliza http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-68 Eliza Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:48:14 +0000 http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-68 thanks- in a way i'm glad i waited so long to apply for med school- i don't think i would have had the maturity or confidence in my own decision making a few years ago. there's nothing worse than 'what ifs' , and thankfully i gave those up a long time ago. ps- can i have some work experience... ;-) thanks- in a way i’m glad i waited so long to apply for med school- i don’t think i would have had the maturity or confidence in my own decision making a few years ago. there’s nothing worse than ‘what ifs’ , and thankfully i gave those up a long time ago.

ps- can i have some work experience… ;-)

]]> By: Dr Ben http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-67 Dr Ben Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:33:42 +0000 http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-67 Med school never teaches you how to deal with the emotions these sort of situations engender. Sadly, it's a combination of experience, and I guess observing other senior collegues and how they deal with the situation that has taught me the most. There have been plenty of times when I have 'brought the job home' and stayed awake at night thinking about decisions I made (or didn't make). Or even thinking about what 'might' happen. This was around the time that I changed from being an SHO to a Registrar. With seniority came responsibility and so it was nerve-wracking for a while... All I can say, and it sounds trite, is that as long as you know you have done everything possible then you can rationalise the outcome, good or bad. Sometimes that's enough. Med school never teaches you how to deal with the emotions these sort of situations engender. Sadly, it’s a combination of experience, and I guess observing other senior collegues and how they deal with the situation that has taught me the most.

There have been plenty of times when I have ‘brought the job home’ and stayed awake at night thinking about decisions I made (or didn’t make). Or even thinking about what ‘might’ happen. This was around the time that I changed from being an SHO to a Registrar. With seniority came responsibility and so it was nerve-wracking for a while…

All I can say, and it sounds trite, is that as long as you know you have done everything possible then you can rationalise the outcome, good or bad. Sometimes that’s enough.

]]> By: Eliza http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-66 Eliza Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:38:50 +0000 http://doctorben.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/april-fools/#comment-66 thank you. and this is exactly why i why i want to be a doctor- not to "save people"- but to do my best and, at the end, hopefully make it a bit more bearable for those left behind.. do you find it hard not to take these emotions home with you? or is this something you're 'taught' how to do at med school? thank you. and this is exactly why i why i want to be a doctor- not to “save people”- but to do my best and, at the end, hopefully make it a bit more bearable for those left behind..

do you find it hard not to take these emotions home with you? or is this something you’re ‘taught’ how to do at med school?

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