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ER Diaries : Accidentally finding a Murmur

 Hey all! It’s strange but I find myself in midst of situational comedy most of the time . Here is another funny instance. I examine a patient. Report the findings to my senior to  - Sir , There is a sound net apical lobe. It’s neither a crepitus nor a wheeze. He turned around as asked , what do you think it is? Puzzled , I said , pata nai aisa sound suni nai 😂 kabhi. He asked me to examine again. I did the same . Told the same findings. Are you sure it’s from the lungs? Yes , apical lobe . Sure? He laughed and said. That’s a murmur ! My reaction 🤦‍♀️ What the mind doesn’t know, an ear doesn’t hear.  So far so much

ER Diaries : Hepatitis B cover

Serious stuff Note: Such incidents are a common thing for people from Day 1 of your housejob. You never know what threat you’d be exposed to. Our condition to be honest is worse than soldiers. Soldiers atleast know that they’d die on war . A bomb is expected at the border or a bullet on field. They die an instant death . We are just unaware! Somebody may just knock your door one fine day stating look my mother is really sick , help me out . It’s an emergency. You roll over your sleeves . Manage the case . Only to find the reports stating positivity to viral markers. Better keep yourself vaccinated to hepatitis B atleast . Hep C and HIV we just can’t help! A similar episode happened . An ERPhysician from another hospital walked in to inform us that he was leading an ambulance. A patient is supposed to arrive. He had done CPR on insistence of the family. He was having his meal when the call for help came. He just had to leave everything and go. His resuscitation attempts faile