Internal Medicine:
Fit, well-dressed, with a cholesterol of 130 and the oddest prescribing habits you’ve ever seen. If you need electrolytes repleted or your INR brought to its proper level (that’s a measure of clotting time that’s influenced by coumadin), the internal med specialist is your gal. Or guy. If you’re a nurse, having an internal med consult means that you’ll be cutting tablets into quarters and giving 7.5 milligrams of something that comes in a 25-mg dosage, but only on alternate Thursdays during the dark of the moon.
No mention of EM, but she’s stuck on the floor, so she doesn’t get to seen the best (hehe).
via Feet First
Hey! If your hospital is referral only and doesn’t have an ED, you’re going to be deprived. I’m depraved on account of I’m deprived!
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