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The office is flooded. The ER is flooded. The hospital is flooded. I’m tired and people are dying. But we’re understaffed and there’s no end in sight. Please PLEASE listen to the CDC recommendations and try to social distance yourself as much as possible. Please only come in for evaluation if you have signs of respiratory distress. Please think of others who are much sicker than you and could die from the choices you make. You can make a difference. Stay smart, stay safe.
philstrum
In the deep end is never fun but you’ll certainly come out wiser. Just remember to eat and sleep.
vafrousvaniloquence
"Smooth seas do not make skilled sailors". You're going to be one hell of a doctor after this buddy, good luck, and thanks for your work!!
shiftdi3s3l
No, this IS what you signed up for. You just didn't think it would be this bad. Chin up, this is when we need you the most.
Kelerain
Not every doctor is an emergency care doctor.
Rifneno
Point! OP may just have a foot fetish. (And when he finds out the kind of feet who need a podiatrist, still not what he signed up for.)
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
There are no specialists during a crisis.
ThatMomentWhenImgurJokesAreOnlyFunnyToImgurians
@OP People are really dying left and right in the ER from this virus? just curious, is it mainly the elderly?
audelaine12
Same! First year as a nurse and we get all this shit
Techdir83
This is exactly what you have signed up for: Helping people
Kliban
Thank you for being there for us, Doc.
fattymcfattzz
coronalmassejection
https://staythefuckhome.com/
fukkettinha
Actually, you did sign up for this.
boyp31811
Go get em !! Good job doc
misterInsensitivity
Imagine the people that joined the military in 2000 for the college money.
Flavonoidz
Thankyou for your service
Xaio30
You're just in time. The world needs you now.
itistocold4
Fluckers
Good luck and thank you all.
Westrado
Not the same but I spent months trying to find a job... Finally got one last week... At my local supermarket... Its been a rough week
Munkor350
My dad would have said, "That's job security!"
Aelio
Vote for Bernie. He understands the severity of this pandemic. Bernie has spoken out about our current healthcare system and how unprepared
Aelio
we are to deal with this crisis. Bernie wants free healthcare for all and to stop big pharma from ripping everyone off. Whether you get
Aelio
the medical assistance you need should not be determined by how much money you have. We shouldn't be putting the medical needs of our
Aelio
citizens behind a paywall. This is not a cash shop in a video game, this is real life. Please get out and vote for Bernie in the primary!
Texasgal126
Ducksml
To be fair... most university degrees didn't cover pandemics!
inolongercareaboutthis
So you’re to blame for all this?!?
Spudnik94
First month as an EMT in NYC here! Things are wackadoo
xanadudu
"I'm no helicopter parent; sink or swim bitch."
jjSithLord
I’m 15 years in. This is how it works. There is always going to be a challenge. The truth is that we always have to be training..
muddydan101
14 years in. Cannot agree with this more. There’s always challenges, some days you will feel useless and others you will make 1/2
muddydan101
Sleep well at night knowing you made a huge difference. Hold on to those days and forget the others. Thank your nurses too. 2/2
thepiesthepies
Yikes... honestly all any of can say is thank you for doing what you do
sinkingotter
Isn't saying global pandemic redundant? Pandemic already means it's global...
yjk828
Pandemic can be across 1 or 2 continents, doesn't have to be global always.
sinkingotter
Fair enough, my mistake then, thanks for correcting me
GuitarsAndCodeAndRage
Give the guy a break, it's only his first year as a doctor
sinkingotter
I'm a janitor and I know it anyway though
superapan
Maybe he’s a doctor like Ross
thatsmyfetish69
It’s never lupus!
BC2k2
Except the one time it is.
DemonFluffer1000
At band camp.
BC2k2
Those darned flutes
jjSithLord
“I have lupus.” .. “No, you don’t.” .. “ok, I’ll take the fibromyalgia then.” .. (rolls eyes)... “That’s not how this works.”
ElectricalEngineerHere
TheLastPerfectDay
Made me laugh. Thanks.
CosmicCharles
I mean. It’s exactly what you signed up for... but best of luck
EzoRedKiwi
What you signed up for, but not what they prepared you for*
xn1992
Agree. Did you think there’d be more golf?
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Drunktinyoctupuswantstofight
Maybe he thought he would have 2 seconds to finish a thought before seeing his next patient. Obviously asking for too much
themerv
As a pediatrician, now being asked to help run the MICUs at our adult hospital... no it really isn’t.
smellsmiketeenspirit
Hum. No.
fortheloveofbutter
Dude. Basically No one signed up for this. No one really anticipates this.
polarbearsaremylife
Epidemiologists and zoologists literally have seen this coming decades ago.
fortheloveofbutter
And yet, they aren’t the nursing assistants or grocery workers or truckers on the front lines here.
polarbearsaremylife
That's because they aren't grocery workers. They work in hospitals, labs, classrooms, hot zones, etc.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
Lots and lots of people anticipated this. The last administration even set up a team to manage US response.
andreaJeanneGrey
I’m not critical care or emergency medicine. I’m primary care. I have very limited training in this area but I’m drafted anyways.
AnimalRescueGuy
Should have watched more Scrubs. Dermatologists are prolly chilling with a nice cup of tea right now. Also, have you considered vet med?
drizz1e
Hang in there OP. Not quite what you signed up for, but you may never be more needed. I hope.
mightymidget17
I'm a Primary Care doc here in the UK. Expecting the call to go back to work in A&E any day now.
xn1992
Yes, point is, these are transferable skills.
Theoldredeyes
If you can make it trough this hell you'll be able to take on anything going forward. Thanks for being a doc may the force be with u.
KindofaBadPerson
The hottest fires make the strongest swords. Best of luck @OP.
CosmicCharles
Unless you burn the steel.
KindofaBadPerson
(listen here you little shit)
MadLo
This is where you're going to get some of your best training, not just with patient care, but how hard everyone in Healthcare is working 1/2
MadLo
When the next pandemic hits you'll be better able to help keep your patients in better shape. You've got this. This is when we get to shine.
smellsmiketeenspirit
If American politics keep playing like that with budget cuts in peace time ? No, he won't.
Ziranzito
I'm a surgical pathologist.. They're already asking for Dr's with free time in our hospital to help out.. The big wave hasn't even hit yet
hajimedj
Trial by fire, man
PirateRubberDuck
Everything in the future will seem manageable after this. Good luck.
fentproptrac
Mate you’re going to be up skilled in ways you never imagined in such a short time. You’ll be doing the basics to free up the ITU docs
DarthGoodguy
(if you survive)
louster
Just commenting to add my support for you and others in your situation. Good luck.
AlexjoneswatchingTporn
I mean this is the best training you can get this pandemic is predicted to last the entire year for you this is a good opportunity