Medical humor and satire. Random thoughts from a trauma surgery dude at a hospital near you. and gifs, lots of gifs.

If I’m ever admitted for hypothermia, this is the only active external rewarming that I will consent to.
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I'm not the same person who came through orientation.
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Can we all agree that the LLQ is the least favorite quadrant?
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Pretty upset that Zillow isn't having any major Black Friday sales on the houses I'm looking at.
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“Mr. Smith, can you tell me where you are right now?” Mr. Smith: “Hell.” [typing progress note]: 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥.
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When a med student genuinely tells me they’re interested in becoming a surgeon.
elena gail chavira 🥀
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Scratchpad, MD, FACS Got some more letters. Soon I will be able to complete the whole alphabet with my email signature. #ACSCC23
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Guess I need to dust off the ol Twitter handle before going to #ACSCC23 next week.

ALT Blows Dust Antonio Banderas GIF

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"I think the patient has an infection." "What makes you say that?" The blood smear:
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Mental note: don’t use bovies on the bovine
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Coming back to Twitter after a 6mo break during an epic downtime… and I think I’ll go back to the downtime.

ALT Stan American Dad GIF

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“The mask mandate is over; you aren’t required to wear a mask in public any more” Me:
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Dear Wordle: can we return to a 4th grade reading level again? These AP English words are hard.
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I never thought I would encounter a gif for a inguinal scrotal hernia, but here we are.
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Can’t believe they had 50 cent show up and perform mid super bowl half time show in steep trendelenburg
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You don’t intimidate me, you aren’t the loop of henle.
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Nothing on this planet is stronger than the bond between orthopedic surgeons and their Stryker reps.
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“Lean in to get a better look at this dissection.” The surgery resident inched closer. The neurosurgery resident 2.54 sontimetered closer.
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“How would you characterize the fluid that was drained from the abscess?” Me:
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Well yea, I’ve seen IR put a drain in an abscess too.
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