I’ve never been the doctor who yells. However, if you work in medicine, you’ve met him or her. I’ll call this physician “Dr. Barkus Yellby.” Dr. Yellby is angry. A lot. In the old days (and not so old days), he threw instruments in the OR when they weren’t what he wanted. Or if the charts and labs weren’t ready for rounds, he slammed things on the desk and berated wide-eyed nurses who were holding back sobs.
As an emergency physician, I’ve talked to him any number of times on the phone.
“Did you even examine the patient?” “Why are you calling me?’” “How is this my problem?”
I was reminded of Dr. Yellby a few months ago when I called the surgeon for an incarcerated umbilical hernia. Silly me, I’ve been trained over the past few years to “finish the workup” and “order the CT,” so a CT I ordered.
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