February 1, 2012
I just finished a 24 hour on-call shift today. Was in the hospital since 7:00 AM yesterday, and just got discharged from on-call shift at 7:00 PM right now. I was supposed to be done by 7:00 AM this morning, however, because 1 medical intern was not able to come in today, I was asked to stay in for another half shift. What was supposed to be an "extra 4-5 hours" was extended to another 12 hours. So , my "24-hour on-call shift" became a 36 hour on-call shift.
I slept only 5 hours during the on-call shift because of the admissions we had in the Psychiatry Department. Since it was the beginning of the month, we had a lot of Suicidal patients, schizophrenic patients, schizoid patients, bipolar patients, major depressive patients, and even catatonic patients admitted. Ay ka libog kaayo.
I did not like having to run around from room to room, doing most of the admission reports when there were supposed to be 5 medical interns present and 3 attending M.Ds. Because of some very lazy medical intern who was in our group, some of us were forced to do most of the work in patient history , prognosis and ordering lab tests.
I was so very annoyed at how some people , who are expected to see patients and fulfill their clinical rotation requirements , expect others to do their share of work. At work, I am not so very vocal because I like to maintain a very professional , professional demeanor, but when certain medical interns do patient reports as required , it is very unnerving when 2 others are too busy laughing and making jokes. I don't understand how it takes 2 hours to finish only 4 patient files. Jonathan, Bruce and I were able to finish 12 each in that time, however, certain interns thought it more important to joke around.
Perhaps the reason for my irritability was because of my lack of sleep. I feel that my circadian rhythm has been out of place for the past week; the toll of these excruciating rotations is putting a toll on me. By chosing to stay an extra 12 hours, I thought to help out the undermanned staff in the Psychiatry Department, however, it is very unnerving when medical interns who didn't do 24-hour on calls were unable to do their job properly. It is so very inconsiderate of them. The should be reminded of the importance of "TEAM WORK".
I am happy I don't have to go in tomorrow. Friday , tho, I have another 24-on call shift. I pray to God it doesn't become another 36-hour shift.
Oh, truly, these are the "slave" years....
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