Once again, Emergency proves themselves to be the master of communication, even when thrown a curveball like actually getting an Opthalmologist on the phone.
He struck the lottery. I can't get an ophthalmologist on the phone for anything. If I'm lucky, I get an email in 5 days asking "Got a missed call from you; was it important?"
So when I worked for C Spire, I was installing fiber optics and setting up internet for all sorts of customers and government entities. The one time in which I didn't get to install internet at all because I had to wait on the customer was for an ophthalmologist.
There’s also an entire Pamdora’s box full of diseases from psychiatry and neurology over rheumatology to oncology and more that may manifest in sudden eye problems (like transient blindness, flashes etc.), sometimes even predominantly as the first symptom that have to be treated as an emergency to preserve vision and/or general health
@@Rtt473 is that an ophthalmoscope in your pocket or are just glad to see me? vision is WNL is a good way to increase your malpractice courage. you don't need an eye chart , just some quantitative mesure of acuity. like your name tag at 20 feet or your zits at 10 feet. no glasses. try a pin hole and dial in the red or green number on that ophthalmoscope .try charging the handle while you are at it. it might take you almost 10 minutes to get the slit lamp out of storage and then just pretend its a horizontal microscope. Gentamicin drops went out with phrenology. you sent the patient home with topical anesthetic .you are so screwed!!
Seeing Emergency Medicine getting slowly annoyed even though they called the consult was such a breath of fresh air, I thought only Neurology was able to achieve that feat 🤣
I had a ED doc get mad at me after he called me for a consult. I was telling him what im ordering on the phone (while ordering it in Epic) and he thought i was asking him to order it. When he realized i was in there hes all mad at me "if you're going to order it why you tell me then" :::facepalm:::
Reminds me of an ER doc that was playing bejeweled the whole time I was giving report, so I made a snarky comment at the end to get his attention. He looked up and repeated everything back to me and gave me his order. I gave him and impressive nod and said “Will do.” He then put on his readers in a cool guy fashion and slowly turned back around in his chair to dictate. I had plenty of good times/interactions with that doc after that.
During a ward round whilst I was a resident, the prof stayed behind the rest of us by a few metres, looked disinterested and was just chit chatting with the senior nurses; then the most senior Professor and Chief of the division joined the round while we were on the ninth patient. The tradition in the division is that when a more senior consultant joined the round, the most senior person leading at that point who was present from the beginning gives him a summary of the patients that were seen before his arrival. The Prof that was chatting with the nurses being the senior gave the summary with out missing a beat or any important detail about any of the patients. I learnt never to mess up with him from that point onwards and also had to up my game.
Wow. So Saturday morning on my 28th birthday my chicken pecked me in the eye. I went to the tiny local ER and I’m pretty sure I was the only patient there. Once they had me back in a room, I waited three hours before the ophthalmologist came and saw me. Yes, HE CAME AND SAW ME. At the time I was annoyed it took him so long, but now I realize I received the greatest honor of my life. Who knows what the on call doc had to do to get him in. I witnessed a miracle. I am humbled.
The man is literally talking to himself, wuddya mean its hard to tell if its a skit or not? Do you think that man has several hundred twins who are all also doctors?
Reminds me of my accountant. The man was sleeping during a seminar. Lecturer asked him to repeat the last segment. Perfectly recapped the last 10min and answered the follow up question. Closed his eyes immediately when the lecturer went on. Guy was not human sometimes
@@lonelydogclub I hear radio playing or people talking nearby as part of my dream. sometimes that dream might be I can't get the radio to turn off or for volume to turn down, even even when unplugging it in dream 8D... but after waking I can recall the news or conversion.
@@zidanetribal1406 Could be. I used an online calculator that I think is trustworthy. It may or may not be programmed correctly. I won't argue with you about it.
This channel continues to prove that my time seeing an ophthalmologist at insane o’ clock in the morning in the ER was such a miracle. It also explains why the doc was grumpy.
I’m a retired family doc. One time about 10 years ago I had a patient who I thought was having a posterior vitreous detachment. She was the last patient of the day at about 5:45 pm on a Friday. I wanted to at least touch bases with the ophthalmologist on call both for the patient’s (and my) peace of mind. I called his office and the office was understandably closed so I left a message with his answering service for him to give me a call at my office where I was still seeing patients. Thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called again. Meanwhile the patient was waiting in the exam room and I asked my medical assistant to stay late as I never had a female in the office without another female employee present and in sight. another thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called a third time and told the answering service that I and my medical assistant were going to drive the patient in my own car to his home and we would be waiting in the driveway for him. I received a call back within 5 minutes. He was at his son’s Little League game. (I was never able to get to those.) Anyway, after a discussion and reassurance he agreed to see the patient at his office first thing Monday morning. Everything was duly noted in my chart and I told the patient to take it easy over the weekend and I gave her my cell number to call if her vision worsened.
Sounds like all of your patients were lucky to have you, you really went above and beyond. My childhood family doc dismissed all of my health problems, but when I switched to a new one a few years ago I really lucked out. I have so many health issues to work through because of the years of neglect, so he schedules a call every month on Mondays because that's the day where he does paperwork from home and knows that it'll be fine even if the call goes over an hour, because it means we can address everything and get a bunch done in one appointment! I often end up finishing the appointment with a change to meds/dosage and at least one referral or requisition. Thank you for actually caring for your patients. The world needs more family doctors like you. More family doctors in general, tbh, y'all are so overworked especially in countries like mine with public healthcare which doesn't pay nearly as well as private
@@BruceGinkel they aren't necessarily an only parent, and I bet this hypothetical son would be far more proud and grateful to have a parent who has doubtlessly saves thousands of life than if they showed up to sports games which don't matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Doctors can still find ways to show their family that they love and appreciate them, even if it's a profession with little free time to spend with family. Actually my family doc is a dad and I'm sure he's doing just fine because I know they get vacations, go sledding, camping, hiking, and spend plenty of time together. Because his family came over from another country with different weather patterns (UK vs north america with hotter summers and colder winters) I sometimes will give suggestions or ask how they're doing with the weather, so I've heard some vague details and know enough to say that, though he maintains a professional distance and I don't pry for details 😊 his family and patients are lucky!
This is the best one ever. I'm an ED doctor and this is so accurate!!! My exact reaction when a specialist answers the phone, who actually asks me details... and the long "made-up words" 🤣 And yes, going back to play instead of trying to do a test that I never even heard of 🤣🤣🤣
Thank goodness the one time we needed Opthalmology they came! Of course my daughter's eye was suddenly bulging out her head so technically everybody came that night! But still... I'm very grateful because after my daughter was admitted Opthalmology consulted with colleagues across the country and figured out that it was pressure building up that was literally dislodging my daughter's eyes. That's Jonathan type dedication and service! (Her eyesight was saved by a quick spinal tap to relieve the pressure while blood thinning medication broke up the blood clot causing the pressure!)
Oh my goodness that must have been so scary for her!! I'm so glad you had a team around that cared and you were able to get everything sorted out. I hope your daughter is doing better now! 💜💜💜
I will forever be grateful for the ophth who agreed to come in right away as they were scheduling me for immediate brain surgery to address IIH. He was a sweet older man who told me during the exam that he had bought tix for a rare movie date with his wife, but that it was okay to reschedule his day. He let neuro know that it was okay to address my dwindling vision with medication and see how I responded before putting a shunt in my brain (a surgery that neuro bullied me into and didn't fully explain before scheduling). Several years later I'm still vision impaired, but not blind as neuro insisted I would be, and after reading up on the surgery after discharge, I'm so thankful I didn't have it done. Ophthalmologists are heroes!
Once again, I'm immeasurably thankful to our hospital for keeping an ophthalmology resident perpetually locked in a tiny dark room in the ER as part of the "learning process". I can just shove the kid in through the door and go back to doing my job.
I got the neurologist in at 5 am once, had to meet him in the carpark and physically take him to the patient. He then fell asleep whilst examining the patient, we didn’t know if it was kinder to wake him, or let him nap for a bit.
I love the cozy feeling between the ophthalmologist and Jonathan. It's both hilarious and like family. 😄👨🍳 Jonathan's backstory is still a mystery that fascinates me. I just love the acting in general, it feels so real that even the reflections in the glasses and on the screen sometimes don't take away anything from the cinematic reality. 😎😊
Legit had a patient this weekend with a right eye infection. Ophthalmologist told me it was necrotic, perforated and to assess for "eye contents" that would potentially "shoot out". Plan was surgery on Monday. I have never been so cautious with a patient in my life... the 2 things that I will never be comfortable working with as a nurse are eyes and phlegm. Keep up the good work Ophtho....
The fact that you actually are an opthalmologist and can have this level of auto-derision is just... incredible. I've been following you for a year, no disappointments especially with the new series, keep up the great work
As someone who knows nothing about medical things, I am inclined to believe all these sketches as truth, especially when I read the comments and everyone is laughing at things I don't understand or going "yeah, I feel that"
The general idea that the sketches are based on are very much accurate. Eye stuff is foreign to almost every other doctor. The sketch makes ER maybe seem a bit lazy, but they also have a massive volume of patients and wouldn't get through them if they didn't turf things out and move on to the next patient. The anesthesia stuff also. The sudoku isn't real, not myself or any of my anesthesia partners do sudoku, but we all either read a book, read the news, play chess, or do something to keep our minds somewhat alert when there's nothing going on in a long surgery (staring at the vital signs screen is actually rather hypnotic).
Uk Optometrist here, had a patient who was seen by A&E (emergency department) for flashes and floaters, told nothing was wrong. He came in a day later to see me as he was concerned, took one look with my volk lens and saw his retina flapping around! (he's fine now, referred directly to ophthalmology). I think people don't see opthalmology as very important but most people would rather lose an arm than go blind.
An Optometrist/Orthopist/Ophthalmology detected, analysed, and fixed my strabismus and gave back my 3d vision. Maybe not an arm, but being able to see as others see is wonderful. And knowing that the surgeon had done 4000 of these procedures was awesome
Ahhh, it's so true. I had to go to the ER. Phone consult with the ER doc was spot-on. The opthalmologist was truly patient and concerned for my well-being... Then saw me in clinic in the morning. 👀
That actually sounds like Chinese Medicine. Liver often overreacts or invades Spleen. It looks like digestive issues resulting from stress. I started rattling off a bunch of acupuncture points in my head, then nodded when he mentioned Kidneys. Of course! Water is Mother of Wood! Dont mind me, I'll just go back to my corner now.
@@lambentlamprey Thank you. I find it fascinating to view the body from a holistic perspective. It is like geometry instead of algebra. We diagnose by interview, so a lot of symptoms can get treated at once. I have never seen a person leave a health care office as peaceful as after acupuncture. I call it acuphoria.
I woke my daughter up laughing so hard- spleen fighting the liver had me in full blown asthma attack as I was already cracking up from about 15 seconds in…. So rough morning tomorrow but worth it. Jonathan, please show the good doctor this comment. Also, I need strabismus surgery due to exotropia diplopia- and the surgery has me so freaked out I seriously only want Dr Glaucofleken 👁 ❤️
My uncle recently had some flashes in his vision and was scared that his retinal tear (last operated on in 2008) was tearing again. Immediately called the Opthalmology's office (I was excited that I knew it would be Opthalmology thanks to these skits), and waited for them to call back with instructions while he rested. An hour later we heard back from them, and the doctor had the opinion that it was just stress on the eye and to come see him bright and early Monday morning (this was a Sunday evening) just to be sure. Sure enough, it wasn't tearing and it was fine. I just thought it was humourous because it definitely matched these skits' theme of Opthalmology not working outside of regular hours 😂
As an aspiring ER doc, I plan to have a Opthalmology cheat sheet list before paging. It'll write, "Say these words to get them seen Not tomorrow' (i) central retinal artery occlusion/CRAO or (ii) globe rupture or (iii) syphilis conjunctivitis. Make sure to add the word I THINK it's ______ and then remember to nod at Johnathan.
I tried the globe rupture once telling her that the patient's pupil was misshapen,but she(an ophthalmologist) just yelled at me for calling her at 3 A.M,and told me to send the patient to the eye clinic in the morning then cut the call
That's one sure fire way to tick off the ER doc, talk to the actual ophthalmologist and get nowhere. I just love how ER got him off the phone, that struggle was too good
This is brilliant. I love the fact that it translates perfectly to hospital culture in the UK (including the cycle helmet) and, I suspect, just about anywhere in the developed world!
Some of his stuff is US specific (insurance battles, etc.), but a lot of the issues regarding doctor/doctor interaction and patients seem universal -- in many cases even in the developing world.
The more I watch your videos, the more I am certain that you actually know everything from every single medical specialisation. You're like a mythical tier doctor with all skill trees unlocked and maxed out.
When I was a kid I had to have an emergency visit to the Ophthalmologist to have little spikes from a chestnut husk removed from my cornea. (don't look up at a chestnut tree during a wind storm!) I saw him the morning after it happened.
The ER doc would actually tell the Optha to come in, chart the "informed time" and set up a ticking clock to count down the clock when he gets to make a "Forced admission" from the ER when it rings.
Not mine lol I lost half my vision in one eye, the ER doc didn't see anything, told me to set up an appointment with the ophthalmologist *sigh* (temporary venous constriction, likely related to migraine)
I think this is my favourite video of yours yet, and I've seen all of them. I just loved the whole thing from start to finish, and how emergency medicine hung up at the end, knowing from the start how exactly this was going to end.
Amazing as an ER doc that very accurate. I would say we would have done our Slit lamp exam as well as a Bedside ocular Ultrasound. And call so that they can see him in the AM. Brilliant as always. ANd sadly yes people actively dyign in th ED we dont have that time to talk on the phone.... STAY safe all ! I hope to make videos soon again. So busy :( !!!!!!
Used to work with a a dude who would ask my opinion, then argue no matter what. He was going to do what he wanted, but was used to arguing about it, and felt like it was wrong if I someone agreed with him.
I was once sent from Emergency to an adjacent medical building to see an Ophthalmologist and when I was examined she said my eyes were in spasm; I was having my first ever migraine. No Jonathan was seen in the clinic.
My father has 2 scleral lenses and an history of repeated corneal infections 2’’ to his GVHD following a bone marrow transplant. His ophthalmologist is now a family friend because he sees him on a weekly basis. I ❤ your videos and greatly appreciate the self-deprecating jokes about your speciality :).
As a third year internal medicine resident in the ED one night around 2 am, we were on our 12th admission of the night, tag teaming the exam with the intern. Because it was an elderly alcoholic with pancreatitis, we kept the patient steady by placing our thumb and index finger on the brow and cheek while using the ophthalmoscope. Everything was in focus and suddenly it was not, I looked down and saw the eye hanging out of the socket. It slowly sucked back in. On the phone immediately to the ophtho resident. Of course he did not come in, just said the muscles get lax when they are old and it will be fine since it went back in place. And he went back to sleep. I can still get the creeps from the image 30 years later.
I just got done will a hell of a day in medicine and said tomorrow that’s it. Then I saw your videos . Once again you allow me to laugh at medicine . Not sure I should be doing that lol
In french 'é' is the past tense suffix equivalent of 'ed' like in 'moved' or 'climbed'. Fun fact: Sauté is often used by both the English and the French to mean pan frying food, but professional french cooks will likely wince at this definition knowing because sauté is a different cooking method all together.
ER doc here. Most ophthalmologists are smart enough to never ask us follow up questions. EDIT: Because the young docs will say, "hold on, let me go check," then the ophthalmologist will stay on hold needlessly. OR the older docs will just say the same thing, and then go see another patient and then come back and say, "it's equivocal."
Emergency medicine sounded as bad ass as always. I cannot allow Jonathan to cook, nope, not happening. Sudden increase of the ophthalmology was the real twist in this show
I just recently had a vitreous detachment. And the major floater that I now have is driving me nuts.... but at least I actually kind of understand this video in a way I would not have a few weeks ago.
I always have floaters. Way back in the late 60s, I got a Superman floater. I used to “fly” him back and forth across my visual field. He finally disintegrated about 20 years ago.
Once again, Emergency proves themselves to be the master of communication, even when thrown a curveball like actually getting an Opthalmologist on the phone.
He struck the lottery. I can't get an ophthalmologist on the phone for anything. If I'm lucky, I get an email in 5 days asking "Got a missed call from you; was it important?"
So when I worked for C Spire, I was installing fiber optics and setting up internet for all sorts of customers and government entities. The one time in which I didn't get to install internet at all because I had to wait on the customer was for an ophthalmologist.
This is such an underrated comment, holy crap
I was an Ophthalmologist's scribe for years, and we pride ourselves on not letting anyone get hold of our boss, on the phone or otherwise!
“Body medicine.” The work that doctors do to make sure the eyeballs get what they need.
The heart perfuses the eyes, after all.
@@baildclark16 Its only important function.
There’s also an entire Pamdora’s box full of diseases from psychiatry and neurology over rheumatology to oncology and more that may manifest in sudden eye problems (like transient blindness, flashes etc.), sometimes even predominantly as the first symptom that have to be treated as an emergency to preserve vision and/or general health
@@hiltonian_1260 it probably does other things. Hard to say.
@@jasonpost913 Have you been listening to nephrology again?
"Hi I'm the ophthalmologist, I'm on call, no really, I'm not joking, how can I help?" dying🤣
😂😂
So many laugh-out-loud lines in this one!
The pancreas is getting angry and its not looking good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dying sounds like a body medicine problem.
@@Rtt473 is that an ophthalmoscope in your pocket or are just glad to see me? vision is WNL is a good way to increase your malpractice courage. you don't need an eye chart , just some quantitative mesure of acuity. like your name tag at 20 feet or your zits at 10 feet. no glasses. try a pin hole and dial in the red or green number on that ophthalmoscope .try charging the handle while you are at it. it might take you almost 10 minutes to get the slit lamp out of storage and then just pretend its a horizontal microscope. Gentamicin drops went out with phrenology. you sent the patient home with topical anesthetic .you are so screwed!!
Seeing Emergency Medicine getting slowly annoyed even though they called the consult was such a breath of fresh air, I thought only Neurology was able to achieve that feat 🤣
The throwing the phone gesture when someone is talking nonsense on the other line is so relatable.
@@BallsMahoney20 that, and laying the phone down on the table for a few minutes.
I had a ED doc get mad at me after he called me for a consult. I was telling him what im ordering on the phone (while ordering it in Epic) and he thought i was asking him to order it. When he realized i was in there hes all mad at me "if you're going to order it why you tell me then" :::facepalm:::
Two ways, one end 😂
Just once, I want someone to nod their head to me the way Jonathan does for the ophthalmologist. One day...
We can dream...
* Nods head like Jonathan*
It's a nod, but almost like a bow. A subtle little torso-nudging mini-bow. Agree?
Marry well
I have started doing this at work to my supervisor.
Reminds me of an ER doc that was playing bejeweled the whole time I was giving report, so I made a snarky comment at the end to get his attention. He looked up and repeated everything back to me and gave me his order. I gave him and impressive nod and said “Will do.” He then put on his readers in a cool guy fashion and slowly turned back around in his chair to dictate. I had plenty of good times/interactions with that doc after that.
I guess you got pretty bejeweled yourself
Bejeweled players are not to mess with
Pretty sure that should be an impressed nod.
Or maybe your name is Jonathan, which would explain why your nodding is so impressive.
During a ward round whilst I was a resident, the prof stayed behind the rest of us by a few metres, looked disinterested and was just chit chatting with the senior nurses; then the most senior Professor and Chief of the division joined the round while we were on the ninth patient. The tradition in the division is that when a more senior consultant joined the round, the most senior person leading at that point who was present from the beginning gives him a summary of the patients that were seen before his arrival. The Prof that was chatting with the nurses being the senior gave the summary with out missing a beat or any important detail about any of the patients. I learnt never to mess up with him from that point onwards and also had to up my game.
ADHD life hack.
I'm willing to wager that many doctors with ADHD wind up in emergency medicine where it's easier to focus.
Wow. So Saturday morning on my 28th birthday my chicken pecked me in the eye. I went to the tiny local ER and I’m pretty sure I was the only patient there. Once they had me back in a room, I waited three hours before the ophthalmologist came and saw me. Yes, HE CAME AND SAW ME. At the time I was annoyed it took him so long, but now I realize I received the greatest honor of my life. Who knows what the on call doc had to do to get him in. I witnessed a miracle. I am humbled.
Did you go to the ER with the chicken or without?
@@samsungnvA51 🤣 Without, unfortunately. Probably better for the chicken, because I wasn’t feeling too charitable towards her at the time.
This is exactly why I never go near my chickens without glasses on 🤣🤣
@@lisajohnson5516 actually I was wearing glasses--she got around them! 😝
You broke a record run of days w/o an ophthalmologist visit to the ER?
You should feel shame. 😂
Sometimes it's hard to distinguish if these are skits or not because that acting is on another level.
That'll happen when we have a movie star that happens to instead be a doctor on youtube. This guy got 700k subs for good reason.
There's nothing new under the sun.
It's real and it happens
The man is literally talking to himself, wuddya mean its hard to tell if its a skit or not? Do you think that man has several hundred twins who are all also doctors?
@@jutton11 lmao he's the real life Nurse Joy 🤣
@@jutton11 it's a hyperbole to compliment his performance. I enjoy how into the characters he gets.
"The kidneys are picking sides" sent me 🤣🤣🤣
They go for whichever side will screw over the heart the most.
@@paulab2242 well well seems I found my kidney, how are you doing after being separated from the rest of the body medicine things? 😂
Damn, that man is such a good actor. That silent "you m*f*ker" while waving the phone in frustration is gold xD
An ophthalmologist being on call simply means being on a phone call.
- an ophthalmic scribe 🙂
Johnathan!
The hospital dragged theirs in within an hour for an exam when I was hospitalized, and he was so cool about it, too.
Reminds me of my accountant. The man was sleeping during a seminar. Lecturer asked him to repeat the last segment. Perfectly recapped the last 10min and answered the follow up question. Closed his eyes immediately when the lecturer went on. Guy was not human sometimes
He was not sleeping. Some people just learn from listening.
Maybe his name was Jonathan
You know a real-life Jonathon o:
@@DemonicNightmare my accountant let’s Jonathan look lazy
@@lonelydogclub I hear radio playing or people talking nearby as part of my dream. sometimes that dream might be I can't get the radio to turn off or for volume to turn down, even even when unplugging it in dream 8D... but after waking I can recall the news or conversion.
"5843 days since an ophthalmologist was here"
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That got me reeling!
16 years and 3 days...
@@Joy21090 you forgot to account for leap years. It’s just barely under 16 years actually
@@zidanetribal1406 Could be. I used an online calculator that I think is trustworthy. It may or may not be programmed correctly. I won't argue with you about it.
@@Joy21090 16*365 = 5840... So no accounting for leap years. I made the same mistake!
I’ld like to see the number for a dermatologist
This channel continues to prove that my time seeing an ophthalmologist at insane o’ clock in the morning in the ER was such a miracle. It also explains why the doc was grumpy.
I’m a retired family doc. One time about 10 years ago I had a patient who I thought was having a posterior vitreous detachment. She was the last patient of the day at about 5:45 pm on a Friday. I wanted to at least touch bases with the ophthalmologist on call both for the patient’s (and my) peace of mind. I called his office and the office was understandably closed so I left a message with his answering service for him to give me a call at my office where I was still seeing patients. Thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called again. Meanwhile the patient was waiting in the exam room and I asked my medical assistant to stay late as I never had a female in the office without another female employee present and in sight. another thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called a third time and told the answering service that I and my medical assistant were going to drive the patient in my own car to his home and we would be waiting in the driveway for him. I received a call back within 5 minutes. He was at his son’s Little League game. (I was never able to get to those.) Anyway, after a discussion and reassurance he agreed to see the patient at his office first thing Monday morning. Everything was duly noted in my chart and I told the patient to take it easy over the weekend and I gave her my cell number to call if her vision worsened.
Sounds like all of your patients were lucky to have you, you really went above and beyond. My childhood family doc dismissed all of my health problems, but when I switched to a new one a few years ago I really lucked out. I have so many health issues to work through because of the years of neglect, so he schedules a call every month on Mondays because that's the day where he does paperwork from home and knows that it'll be fine even if the call goes over an hour, because it means we can address everything and get a bunch done in one appointment! I often end up finishing the appointment with a change to meds/dosage and at least one referral or requisition.
Thank you for actually caring for your patients. The world needs more family doctors like you. More family doctors in general, tbh, y'all are so overworked especially in countries like mine with public healthcare which doesn't pay nearly as well as private
Well, thank God for you!
Oh, just realized but of course, your a family doc❤
@@Alex-fc8xn ya im sure his son appreciated it with nobody at his little league games lol
@@BruceGinkel they aren't necessarily an only parent, and I bet this hypothetical son would be far more proud and grateful to have a parent who has doubtlessly saves thousands of life than if they showed up to sports games which don't matter that much in the grand scheme of things.
Doctors can still find ways to show their family that they love and appreciate them, even if it's a profession with little free time to spend with family.
Actually my family doc is a dad and I'm sure he's doing just fine because I know they get vacations, go sledding, camping, hiking, and spend plenty of time together. Because his family came over from another country with different weather patterns (UK vs north america with hotter summers and colder winters) I sometimes will give suggestions or ask how they're doing with the weather, so I've heard some vague details and know enough to say that, though he maintains a professional distance and I don't pry for details 😊 his family and patients are lucky!
When the spatula came in from offscreen so he could sample the garlic - I thought I would was going to fall out of my chair laughing.
This is the best one ever. I'm an ED doctor and this is so accurate!!! My exact reaction when a specialist answers the phone, who actually asks me details... and the long "made-up words" 🤣 And yes, going back to play instead of trying to do a test that I never even heard of 🤣🤣🤣
Thank goodness the one time we needed Opthalmology they came! Of course my daughter's eye was suddenly bulging out her head so technically everybody came that night! But still... I'm very grateful because after my daughter was admitted Opthalmology consulted with colleagues across the country and figured out that it was pressure building up that was literally dislodging my daughter's eyes. That's Jonathan type dedication and service!
(Her eyesight was saved by a quick spinal tap to relieve the pressure while blood thinning medication broke up the blood clot causing the pressure!)
hope your daughter is feeling better
@@madyjules06 Oh yes. This was years ago. Thank you for asking! 🌷
Oh my goodness that must have been so scary for her!! I'm so glad you had a team around that cared and you were able to get everything sorted out. I hope your daughter is doing better now! 💜💜💜
@@Travel_with_Gigi She is better although we discovered that she will always have to watch out for it happening again.
I will forever be grateful for the ophth who agreed to come in right away as they were scheduling me for immediate brain surgery to address IIH. He was a sweet older man who told me during the exam that he had bought tix for a rare movie date with his wife, but that it was okay to reschedule his day. He let neuro know that it was okay to address my dwindling vision with medication and see how I responded before putting a shunt in my brain (a surgery that neuro bullied me into and didn't fully explain before scheduling). Several years later I'm still vision impaired, but not blind as neuro insisted I would be, and after reading up on the surgery after discharge, I'm so thankful I didn't have it done. Ophthalmologists are heroes!
Once again, I'm immeasurably thankful to our hospital for keeping an ophthalmology resident perpetually locked in a tiny dark room in the ER as part of the "learning process".
I can just shove the kid in through the door and go back to doing my job.
"Kidneys are picking sides, it's a mess"
THIS SHOULD BE ON A T-SHIRT 😂
I got the neurologist in at 5 am once, had to meet him in the carpark and physically take him to the patient. He then fell asleep whilst examining the patient, we didn’t know if it was kinder to wake him, or let him nap for a bit.
Jonathan coming in hard with the legendary head nod.
I’m an ER nurse… and I can confirm the ER doc is on point.
bike bro
The silent tantrum killed me. I had to replay that part several times, omfg
As someone who worked in an ER, it was perfect. I've seen that exact silent tantrum from the docs SO many times. XD
🤣🤣🤣. “The spleen is fighting the liver… kidneys picking sides… the pancreas is getting really angry” 🤣🤣🤣
I love the cozy feeling between the ophthalmologist and Jonathan. It's both hilarious and like family. 😄👨🍳 Jonathan's backstory is still a mystery that fascinates me.
I just love the acting in general, it feels so real that even the reflections in the glasses and on the screen sometimes don't take away anything from the cinematic reality. 😎😊
Legit had a patient this weekend with a right eye infection. Ophthalmologist told me it was necrotic, perforated and to assess for "eye contents" that would potentially "shoot out". Plan was surgery on Monday. I have never been so cautious with a patient in my life... the 2 things that I will never be comfortable working with as a nurse are eyes and phlegm. Keep up the good work Ophtho....
The fact that you actually are an opthalmologist and can have this level of auto-derision is just... incredible. I've been following you for a year, no disappointments especially with the new series, keep up the great work
As someone who knows nothing about medical things, I am inclined to believe all these sketches as truth, especially when I read the comments and everyone is laughing at things I don't understand or going "yeah, I feel that"
While over the top of course for humor, the vast majority is accurate at the core.
I work tangentially to medicine, everything I've learned so far about medicine matches up with these sketches.
I work with multiple specialists in a hospital. It's pretty darn accurate! 😆😕
The general idea that the sketches are based on are very much accurate. Eye stuff is foreign to almost every other doctor.
The sketch makes ER maybe seem a bit lazy, but they also have a massive volume of patients and wouldn't get through them if they didn't turf things out and move on to the next patient.
The anesthesia stuff also. The sudoku isn't real, not myself or any of my anesthesia partners do sudoku, but we all either read a book, read the news, play chess, or do something to keep our minds somewhat alert when there's nothing going on in a long surgery (staring at the vital signs screen is actually rather hypnotic).
@@rcranes2227 you also gotta mention that half the time the ophtho equipment in the ER is broken so they can't check much anyway! Lol
I love that Emergency Medicine has Ferry Halim's Winterbells on his device. Simplistic game. Soothing music.
The way you almost vomited when you said “come in” was just. Perfect.
My favorite part is how the ER doc reacts after the ophthalmologist says Jonathan is preparing his dinner and he’s answering his own pages lol
Uk Optometrist here, had a patient who was seen by A&E (emergency department) for flashes and floaters, told nothing was wrong. He came in a day later to see me as he was concerned, took one look with my volk lens and saw his retina flapping around! (he's fine now, referred directly to ophthalmology). I think people don't see opthalmology as very important but most people would rather lose an arm than go blind.
An Optometrist/Orthopist/Ophthalmology
detected, analysed, and fixed my strabismus and gave back my 3d vision. Maybe not an arm, but being able to see as others see is wonderful.
And knowing that the surgeon had done 4000 of these procedures was awesome
Ahhh, it's so true. I had to go to the ER. Phone consult with the ER doc was spot-on. The opthalmologist was truly patient and concerned for my well-being... Then saw me in clinic in the morning. 👀
Thank you, video provided both laugh and tears. Mental health support and eye lubrication in one video. Well done! well done!
You just made up those words, and the liver is fighting the spleen had me dying 😂
‘’… and the kidneys are picking sides.” 😂🤣
That actually sounds like Chinese Medicine. Liver often overreacts or invades Spleen. It looks like digestive issues resulting from stress. I started rattling off a bunch of acupuncture points in my head, then nodded when he mentioned Kidneys. Of course! Water is Mother of Wood! Dont mind me, I'll just go back to my corner now.
@@themamasquirrel7274 Chinese medicine sound cooooollll 😀
@@lambentlamprey Thank you. I find it fascinating to view the body from a holistic perspective. It is like geometry instead of algebra. We diagnose by interview, so a lot of symptoms can get treated at once. I have never seen a person leave a health care office as peaceful as after acupuncture. I call it acuphoria.
I woke my daughter up laughing so hard- spleen fighting the liver had me in full blown asthma attack as I was already cracking up from about 15 seconds in…. So rough morning tomorrow but worth it. Jonathan, please show the good doctor this comment. Also, I need strabismus surgery due to exotropia diplopia- and the surgery has me so freaked out I seriously only want Dr Glaucofleken 👁 ❤️
My uncle recently had some flashes in his vision and was scared that his retinal tear (last operated on in 2008) was tearing again. Immediately called the Opthalmology's office (I was excited that I knew it would be Opthalmology thanks to these skits), and waited for them to call back with instructions while he rested. An hour later we heard back from them, and the doctor had the opinion that it was just stress on the eye and to come see him bright and early Monday morning (this was a Sunday evening) just to be sure. Sure enough, it wasn't tearing and it was fine. I just thought it was humourous because it definitely matched these skits' theme of Opthalmology not working outside of regular hours 😂
I was just hired as a scribe for an ophthalmologist! I have BECOME JOHNATHON
“Yeah, I don’t know what that means.” As a General Practice vet, this is me talking to the UF Ophthalmology Department when I want to refer a patient.
I'd watch a whole series of silent cooking shows starring Jonathan 😂❤
Just holds up each ingredient to the camera, nods, and starts mixing them while staring into your soul
As an aspiring ER doc, I plan to have a Opthalmology cheat sheet list before paging. It'll write, "Say these words to get them seen Not tomorrow' (i) central retinal artery occlusion/CRAO or (ii) globe rupture or (iii) syphilis conjunctivitis. Make sure to add the word I THINK it's ______ and then remember to nod at Johnathan.
The words 'globe rupture' strikes fear in all OR staff! ALWAYS an emergency and never gonna be a good outcome
As an ED doc... 3 months into the job and you will know every single magic words to all specialties 😝😆
I tried the globe rupture once telling her that the patient's pupil was misshapen,but she(an ophthalmologist) just yelled at me for calling her at 3 A.M,and told me to send the patient to the eye clinic in the morning then cut the call
That's one sure fire way to tick off the ER doc, talk to the actual ophthalmologist and get nowhere. I just love how ER got him off the phone, that struggle was too good
As an ED physician myself....I concur with everything here 😂
Me too, except we have an ophthalmology residency in house so they always come in
“So, what’s the issue?”
“Can I talk to Jonathan, he just knows what to say?”
*quiet nod*
“the pancreas is getting angry it’s not looking good” is how i’m going to end every conversation from now on
2 words
Explosive Diarrhea
This is brilliant. I love the fact that it translates perfectly to hospital culture in the UK (including the cycle helmet) and, I suspect, just about anywhere in the developed world!
Some of his stuff is US specific (insurance battles, etc.), but a lot of the issues regarding doctor/doctor interaction and patients seem universal -- in many cases even in the developing world.
I can't get over how Jonathan gave him the taste on the spatula. Bro, that's what tasting spoons are for, that spatula's going right back to the pan!
The more I watch your videos, the more I am certain that you actually know everything from every single medical specialisation. You're like a mythical tier doctor with all skill trees unlocked and maxed out.
When I was a kid I had to have an emergency visit to the Ophthalmologist to have little spikes from a chestnut husk removed from my cornea. (don't look up at a chestnut tree during a wind storm!)
I saw him the morning after it happened.
Omg…. Hysterical as always.
Love you Doc, and Jonathan of course!! ❤️❤️❤️
Jonathan's CV must be really impressive.
Yes. His CV is head nod printed on piece of paper.
The ER doc would actually tell the Optha to come in, chart the "informed time" and set up a ticking clock to count down the clock when he gets to make a "Forced admission" from the ER when it rings.
Not mine lol I lost half my vision in one eye, the ER doc didn't see anything, told me to set up an appointment with the ophthalmologist *sigh* (temporary venous constriction, likely related to migraine)
I think this is my favourite video of yours yet, and I've seen all of them. I just loved the whole thing from start to finish, and how emergency medicine hung up at the end, knowing from the start how exactly this was going to end.
Kidneys went rogue and became extremists after liver got damaged from all that alcohol. You don't wanna know what the spleen did in 2021...
This is the best Cinematic Universe I've accidentally fallen into.
I’m still convinced that Emergency Medicine is the best doctor in this hospital outside Family Medicine
Orisinal Winter Bells!! What a pleasant surprise to see that, thank you for the nostalgia trip. :)
Amazing as an ER doc that very accurate. I would say we would have done our Slit lamp exam as well as a Bedside ocular Ultrasound. And call so that they can see him in the AM. Brilliant as always. ANd sadly yes people actively dyign in th ED we dont have that time to talk on the phone.... STAY safe all ! I hope to make videos soon again. So busy :( !!!!!!
"The spleen, it's fighting the liver" 😂😂🤣🤣
Used to work with a a dude who would ask my opinion, then argue no matter what.
He was going to do what he wanted, but was used to arguing about it, and felt like it was wrong if I someone agreed with him.
I was once sent from Emergency to an adjacent medical building to see an Ophthalmologist and when I was examined she said my eyes were in spasm; I was having my first ever migraine. No Jonathan was seen in the clinic.
Your voice is very calming. I like listing to your videos when I'm on edge
I was at an appointment today and the physician had a Jonathan! I just nodded. LOL.
The pause before 'come in' 😂😂😂
Another great video from the doctor. Thanks
How is this guy so good at playing all of these different roles? He's so entertaining.
Trying to emulate Jonathan's command of the English language has left me speechless.
"yea idk what that means" is so accurate 🤣
Perfect. Awesome. Please keep em coming doc. God bless you abundantly.
I want a Jonathan!!! Love your videos - addicting - just one more 🙂
was not expecting to see Winterbells pop up but i’m really glad it did. top tier teenage nostalgia
I am currently studying eye disorders and i'm happy that i understood at least half of those 'made up' words
Omg….5,482, (or however many), days since an ophthalmologist has been here…that’s awesome. The ER docs expressions are great!
My father has 2 scleral lenses and an history of repeated corneal infections 2’’ to his GVHD following a bone marrow transplant. His ophthalmologist is now a family friend because he sees him on a weekly basis. I ❤ your videos and greatly appreciate the self-deprecating jokes about your speciality :).
Was really shocked to see someone still playing ferry hallim's Winterbells (mostly cause it was flash)! Wow, nostalgia.
Not all hospitals have modern equipment :/
“Kidneys are picking sides.. it’s a mess” LMFAO 😂
I'm no doctor and I found this hilarious. Great consult Keep them coming.
As an intern, once saw 3 different Ophtha emergencies in one night, the Ophthalmologist was so pissed to get that many calls
As a third year internal medicine resident in the ED one night around 2 am, we were on our 12th admission of the night, tag teaming the exam with the intern. Because it was an elderly alcoholic with pancreatitis, we kept the patient steady by placing our thumb and index finger on the brow and cheek while using the ophthalmoscope. Everything was in focus and suddenly it was not, I looked down and saw the eye hanging out of the socket. It slowly sucked back in. On the phone immediately to the ophtho resident. Of course he did not come in, just said the muscles get lax when they are old and it will be fine since it went back in place. And he went back to sleep. I can still get the creeps from the image 30 years later.
Ooooh
The mixture of; good it isn't that bad, and, did I just see that and how can it not be really alarming
you are awesome. No a doctor or even clinical but I am a hospital System IT manager and we say many of these things about all doctors.
I just got done will a hell of a day in medicine and said tomorrow that’s it. Then I saw your videos . Once again you allow me to laugh at medicine . Not sure I should be doing that lol
I'm dyin'... "Yeah, I'm pretty sure you just made up those words..."🤣😂😂🤣
Seriously might be my favorite one yet. 😂🤣😂🤣
I agree, angry pancreas can indeed be very scary
Jonathan is Sautéing the garlic 😂😂
In french 'é' is the past tense suffix equivalent of 'ed' like in 'moved' or 'climbed'.
Fun fact: Sauté is often used by both the English and the French to mean pan frying food, but professional french cooks will likely wince at this definition knowing because sauté is a different cooking method all together.
ER doc here. Most ophthalmologists are smart enough to never ask us follow up questions.
EDIT: Because the young docs will say, "hold on, let me go check," then the ophthalmologist will stay on hold needlessly. OR the older docs will just say the same thing, and then go see another patient and then come back and say, "it's equivocal."
I just love Jonathan's sweet innocent helpful heart lol
The kidneys are picking sides 😂
I hate when that happens.
I'm still laughing over that!
Bean Buddies are throwing hands!
@@lilbatz 😆😆😆
I fully approve of how Emergency searched through the patient's chart 😁. Did you see how skilfully he jumped between "entries"?
🤣🤣👏🏽good one
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"I really think you made up all those words" 😂
I love the non-verbal "Goddamnit!" as a reaction to having to deal with the ophthalmologist
And Jonathan cooks, too. I need a Jonathan - is there a store, or...?
I think they banned those in 1865 🤔
@@amoral_minority taking it a little too seriously but okay
I think you have to be an Opthomalogist
@@brillopower1492 lol damn my luck
I think it's next door to where all Janets are made
Oh my God that was the morning laughter I needed TY.
Emergency medicine sounded as bad ass as always. I cannot allow Jonathan to cook, nope, not happening. Sudden increase of the ophthalmology was the real twist in this show
OMG I LOVED THAT GAME AND THE BELL SOUND !
“Jonathan is still sautéing the garlic”, that line KILLED me!
OK I laughed out loud through that entire sketch!! Its SPOT ON!! ED never wants a discussion, just get Your A$$ down here!
I just recently had a vitreous detachment. And the major floater that I now have is driving me nuts.... but at least I actually kind of understand this video in a way I would not have a few weeks ago.
I always have floaters. Way back in the late 60s, I got a Superman floater. I used to “fly” him back and forth across my visual field. He finally disintegrated about 20 years ago.
This is the best one I watched until now… can’t stop laughing 😂😂