tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86624831138240741802011-04-21T20:32:02.410-07:00Pod Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671695491200249758noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662483113824074180.post-7536675243045119512009-03-11T23:29:00.000-07:002009-03-11T23:34:58.483-07:00My brother-in-law is an orthopedic surgeon. Today, he and I were taking our kids to their t-ball practice. As we were driving on the loop a motorcycle blew past us. His 5 year old looked at the motorcycle, then turned to his father and said, "daddy, look, there's another patient for you!" Hysterical.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8662483113824074180-753667524304511951?l=talesfromthepod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pod Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671695491200249758noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662483113824074180.post-40774906688918014542009-03-10T19:06:00.000-07:002009-03-11T23:34:24.319-07:00In my hospital the ED is divided into 4 parts. The triage area has a couple of rooms where we treat the most simple complaints such as ear infections and ingrown toenails- really anything that does not require any tests and certainly shouldn't be in the ED. Pod C is basically the same as the triage rooms, with the exception that we will run a test or two on these patients, such as a person with a broken toe. Pod B is most of the patients that will probably be admitted, kids with appendicitis, old men with pneumonia. Pod A is my section. Pod A is the traumas. The child births. The codes.<br /><br />Pod A is why I became an Emergency Physician, many moons ago.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8662483113824074180-4077490668891801454?l=talesfromthepod.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Pod Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01671695491200249758noreply@blogger.com0