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Resident Physician (PGY-III) | Father | Husband | Tweets ≠ medical advice

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Glen O'Humeral
5 years
Patient: doc, I need something to help me stay awake Doctor: take two of these and call me in the morning Patient: but these...aren't these your kids? Doctor: trust me, I'm a doctor.
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3 years
Medical students, after getting a thorough HPI, watching a completely different one unfold with the attending in the room
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5 months
You wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me
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4 years
How med How it's school started going
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
Every medical student has that moment where they realize that Haemophilus influenzae is a bacteria, not a virus.
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2 years
me, a doctor, looking at notes I took from high-school biology class: I better hold on to these in case I need them
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4 years
My body when I don't give it enough caffeine
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3 years
Chronic Emphysema Bronchitis
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4 years
tRNA and rRNA seeing mRNA get all the attention
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Look who just showed up to the Met Gala!
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5 months
@jtrebach I remember this lecture from medical school
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4 years
Waking up to another day of learning and immediately forgetting the Krebs cycle
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4 years
"Which embryological structure-" Me:
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
I swear OBGyn is a different language. They could rattle off "G2P1001 35w4d O+/RI/HBV-/HCV-/HIV-/GBS+ bacteruria PCN orderd/RPR NR who is a TOLAC presenting with PPROM at 3/75/-2 initially and 5/90/-1 at 4 hours" and everybody's just like "yep, sounds good fam"
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
So did you study for 4 years and take multiple licensing exams and do 3-7 years of residency and possibly a fellowship with a lifetime of continuing education because you liked biology in high school or are you normal?
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@jtrebach Perfectly fine (and actually encouraged) for the driver to do it though.
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Am I testing these reflexes, or are these reflexes testing me?
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
"What dosage would you like to use?" 3rd year medical students:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
The resident discretely helping the med student answer the attending's pimping questions
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Me: I want to start them on an antibiotic Pharmacy: ok, which one? Me: your finest antibiotic, please. My patient deserves the best. Pharmacy: that's...not how this works Me: ok, then I'll just take whatever's on tap
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
The ibuprofen on its way to exactly where my pain is
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
The med student urge to confidently select an answer choice, second guess yourself, and then change it to an incorrect choice
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3 years
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2 years
Standing in the corner of the OR, completely dissociated, getting every single question wrong asked by the surgeon, poorly moisturized, haven't eaten since yesterday, thriving
@mhjrad
Michael Justus
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"hi, i'm the medical student"
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3 years
What it feels like to be a nontraditional medical student
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2 years
The human body: if I don’t get 6-8 hours a sleep a day I will simply perish People in medicine: hey, how cool would it be if we worked 24 hours straight?
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Scientist 1: we shall call these cells “basophils” Scientist 2: we shall call these cells “eosinophils“ Scientist 3 [disheveled, trembling]: NATURAL KILLERS
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2 years
Attending: tell me what you know about multiple sclerosis Me:
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2 years
Mean arterial pressure implies the existence of a nice arterial pressure
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3 years
The med student during table rounds
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3 years
Sure, medical school is difficult Sure, residency interviews are tedious and exhausting Sure, making a rank list is stressful But the present me is living the dream that my past self thought was unreachable, and that makes it all worth it
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Did it hurt? When the answer choice you picked was not only incorrect but only selected by 1% of other test takers?
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
Somebody pinch me, I must be dreaming. Thank you, Lord!
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
They ripped out the circle of Willis. 0% chance of survival
@OGdukeneurosurg
Oren Gottfried, MD
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What happened?
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
Unwrapping presents in sterile fashion like I'm about to start a central line
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1 year
The attending listening to my assessment and plan
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3 years
I am about to graduate medical school and I still don't know the correct pronunciation of duodenum.
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Acute Step 1 Mesenteric Ischemia 🤝 pain out of proportion to exam
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
[Pediatric exam] General: omg, so cute. happy squeals. chonky cheeks HEENT: wittle ears, button nose, + baby drool Heart: much lub, much dub heehee Lungs: squeals are super loud now Abdomen: SO SQUISHY Neuro: wiggly toes, kicky legs, much reflex
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3 years
Being a med student means you now open string cheese in sterile fashion
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Glen O'Humeral
10 months
Taylor Swift’s silence regarding the controversy over contrast-induced nephropathy is deafening
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
Patient: can I get a warm blanket? Med students:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
When I decided I wanted to become a doctor
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
The attending, resident, and med student when a complicated case shows up
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
“I’m going to examine your thyroid now”
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
Saw a gallbladder today AND IT WASN'T EVEN LIME GREEN LIKE EVERY TEXTBOOK ON THIS EARTH SHOWS IT BIG GALLBLADDER HAS BEEN LYING TO US ALL ALONG DO NOT BUY THE LIES
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
[Ordering X-rays] Reason for order: I need to see their bones
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
Looking at those ductal-dependent congenital heart diseases like
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
You're so quiet. What's on your mind? Me:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Can you imagine if med students got merit badges and wore them across their chest like the Boy Scouts? Like, "oh, you got your Good Differential badge? That's cool. I just got my Pen Stolen by Attending badge"
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3 years
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
“Please wait, the meeting host will let you in soon"
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Glen O'Humeral
4 months
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but make it Italian “Rickettsia rickettsii”
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
The 0.01% of bacteria that survive the disinfectant spray
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Glen O'Humeral
10 months
Doctors reintegrating into society after residency
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Unless you're the one doing it, it's impossible to comprehend just how many decisions doctors make on a daily basis. It's unbelievable
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
So is life
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
Me: *opens Qbank* Qbank questions:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Interviewer: how would you describe yourself? Me: verbally, but I've also prepared a dance
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Glen O'Humeral
11 months
Medical student: [internally] gosh, I hope the patient gives the same history to the resident that they gave to me The patient:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 months
[July 1st] PGY-1 PGY-2
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
The med students being sent home early
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
@jtrebach The patient when I knock on their door at 4am after they haven't rested at all because they're sick and in the hospital
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
Good morning to C3, C4, C5 for keeping the diaphragm alive only
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
When the neurologist asks if your 12th cranial nerve is intact
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
Grammy positive diplococci
@PopCrave
Pop Crave
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Taylor Swift looks impeccable for Spotify.
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1 year
If I were a residency program director, I would ask applicants one question and one question only during their interview: what is your pen of choice? Tells me all I need to know about you
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
“Extubated” “Liberated from the vent”
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Glen O'Humeral
11 months
Winter is coming
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
Going into the hospital when it's dark outside. Leaving the hospital when it's dark outside
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Glen O'Humeral
3 months
The peds attending updating the family while the medical student tries to make the patient laugh
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
SO LITERALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS COVERS 30 PERCENT OR MORE OF TOTAL BODY SURFACE AREA AND STEVENS-JOHNSON SYNDROME IS WHEN LESS THAN 10 PERCENT IS COVERED
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
What's it called when two orthopedic surgeons start throwing punches? Osteophyte
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Winter Medical Olympics Students 🤝 Plummeting downhill seemingly out of control yet managing to find a way to cross the finish line
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Glen O'Humeral
4 years
Began studying again today. Opened up a question bank. Got the 1st question wrong. Took a nap. This is what peak academic performance looks like
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Saturdays are for the boys! The boys:
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Today is my last day in a hospital as a medical student. The next time a step foot inside of a hospital, I will be a doctor. This is surreal.
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
It's 2 words actually. Medical student
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Just remember, your local med student is frantically refreshing the EMR, hoping the labs result before rounds start. Show mercy.
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
⬛🟥⬛🟧⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛🟦⬛🟪 A ⬆️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️ B ⬇️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️ C ⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬇️⬛⬇️ D ⬆️⬛↕️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️ E ↕️⬛⬆️⬛↕️⬛⬆️⬛⬇️⬛↕️ F ⬆️⬛↕️⬛⬆️⬛↕️⬛⬇️⬛⬆️ G ⬇️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️⬛⬆️ H ⬇️⬛⬇️⬛⬇️⬛⬇️⬛⬇️⬛⬇️ Not wordle, just a Step 1 question
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
Show me the movie or television character you wanted to be growing up vs the one you feel like you became
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@TrueConsolation
Rachel Darnall
1 year
Show me the movie or television character you wanted to be growing up vs the one you feel like you became.
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
Non-medical people being woken from sleep at 3am by an ambush of stupid memes and TikToks from their medical friends on night shift
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
New fortune cookie just dropped #TheMatch2022
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
. Liver | Gallbladder ---- | | | | --- Pancreas 🤝 Common bile duct
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Glen O'Humeral
10 months
Presenting adult patients: “this is a 54y male presenting with shortness of breath” Presenting peds patients: “this adorable little nugget is a 7 month old chonker. Poor buddy, his lungs got the zoomies, but he feels a little better after I gave him a sticker.”
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Glen O'Humeral
5 years
2, 4, 6, 8 what did we just auscultate!? "THE HEART" 2, 4, 6, 8 and what did we appreciate!? "POSSIBLY A MURMUR BUT MAYBE NOT I DON'T REALLY KNOW I THINK IT WAS EITHER SYSTOLIC OR DIASTOLIC OR NEITHER IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL SOMETIMES OK"
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
Nurse: doc, they’re seizing. What should we give them? Me: dazzle me Nurse: if you want Midazolam, please just say Midazolam
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Glen O'Humeral
5 years
Current M2s after becoming physicians: BACK IN MY DAY WE HAD TO STUDY FOR 400 HOURS A WEEK TO GET A GOOD STEP 1 SCORE TO EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING A RESIDENCY. NONE OF THIS PASS/FAIL NONSENSE. (p.s. don't be like this)
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Glen O'Humeral
6 months
“That lab you ordered that you didn’t know what you would do with it if it were positive? It’s positive”
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Not wordle, just a brachial plexus
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@BennettEmpty
Empty Bennett
3 years
Atherosclerosis 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🧈▪️▪️▪️▪️ 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🧈🧈🧈▪️▪️▪️ 🩸🩸🩸🩸🩸🧈🧈🧈🧈🧈▪️▪️ 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨
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Glen O'Humeral
2 years
After 6 months of EM residency, here are a few tips I've learned (mostly from my mistakes) A 🧵
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Glen O'Humeral
1 year
6mg of melatonin vs the metric ton of caffeine I drank throughout the day
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Yes, I will be a doctor in 6 months. Yes, I struggle to perform basic mathematical calculations. We exist
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Medical students don't say "I love you", we share our Anki decks with each other
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Drake Fecal-oral Transmission 🤝 Started from the bottom now we're here
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Glen O'Humeral
8 months
Patients will never know that the resident doctor taking excellent care of them has been ignoring their car’s check engine light for weeks now
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
Progress note, Gen Z style: Kidney function improving, which is lit. Patient yeeted their IV out overnight. Pain is now under control *dabs in celebration* Making progress with physical therapy like a boss.
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Glen O'Humeral
3 years
I feel like EM docs were the kids that got more hyper the more tired they got.
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Glen O'Humeral
8 months
Emergency Medicine doctors are not the “jack of all trades, masters of none” Emergency Medicine doctors are the masters of Emergency Medicine
@Paul_Wischmeyer
Paul Wischmeyer MD
10 months
🙋‍♂️ What’s your unpopular opinion in medicine that will get you in this position? #MedTwitter
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Glen O'Humeral
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*gasps in horror*
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