Day in the Life of a EM Resident: Night Shift (3rd Year Resident)

This video takes us through a typical night shift of an emergency medicine resident. Jamie is a 3rd year emergency medicine resident at New York Presbyterian Cornell-Columbia Emergency Medicine Residency program. Follow her around as she goes to her shift at Columbia for a 12-hour overnight shift!

[@venivenu5286]

Yay!!!... Dr. Jamie...

[@Thespecster212125]

@Joziah Royce I hacked into your account.

[@mcnguyen6796]

Wow I totally did not expect to see a video from Dr. Jamie like this!!! Nice!!!

[@iamgoku2024]

That call looked so chilled

[@amythanina8986]

@@yos5177 where is this?

[@andreylovesyou]

Omg I used to go to that deli when worked in psych department and I lived on 86st. :) Cant wait to come back to nyc once I graduate from Loyola nursing :)

[@TheStuport]

First timer....as AH-nold would say "I'll Be Back" Cheers From Ohio

[@green8green]

Oh wow, it’s not that toxic at all

[@green8green]

Looks chill compared to my country.

[@ttoyee5985]

Omg

[@cherhorowitz5614]

Why do some healthcare workers work 12 hour shifts? I don’t understand it. It doesn’t seem healthy, especially for people specializing in healthcare. I commend you for toughing through, but I’m just curious if they tell you why this is necessary. Just seems like 8 hours is enough for anyone.

[@paraparasakura]

Various specialities also work 24 hour shifts. The idea is it reduces the number of handoffs between different teams and maximizes continuity of care for our patients.

[@tpenicaragua]

In latin america we do 36 hours plus shifts (usually go in at 6 AM and exit at 3 - 5 PM the next day) every 3 days

[@drsomeone1221]

@@paraparasakura not really, longer shifts does not mean better care, on the contrary doctors get tired and they are more prone for errors. The matter is that if the pay is a standard and if the doctor work less hours a day then that means he will work less hours as a whole in the month, also the hospital will need to hire more doctors to cover the missing hours and also the same pay will be for less hours. For example 2 doctors with 12 hours each can cover 24 hour shift, but if each doctor worked 8 hours then a third doctor must be hired which means more expenses for the hospital.
Passing shifts in emergency medicine is so easy, presenting each patient takes 2 min max. Hospitals just dont want to pay for more doctors that's it.

[@Fireinthehead29]

12 hr shifts are extremely common in healthcare anyway. It is a way to make sure there is always staffing. In terms of preference, I prefer to knock out 36-48 hrs over 3-4 days and have some days off.

[@infectdiseaseepidemiology2599]

As an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist, I have been trying to forbid this absurd practice. All ID docs oppose it.

[@acjohn6995]

Question, why do doctors wear scrubs in the outside world? I've even seen them on a treadmill at the gym. If you're actually going to encounter patients in these scrubs, why would you take outside germs into the hospital? Why not wear street clothes and change into clean scrubs when you get to work?

[@johngrey1074]

There's no evidence that bacteria on scrubs spread disease. Clothing (including scrubs) is far less hospitable to microbes than skin is. The odds of a patient being infected from bacteria on a doctor's scrubs that he brought in from outside the hospital is very, very low.

[@acjohn6995]

@@johngrey1074 So when medical personnel put on gloves to deal with equipment or handle procedures, don't you think that the scrubs that they wore in off the street might accidentally brush against something involving the patient? It just doesn't make sense. Just use scrubs at work, clothes outside the hospital. I guess scrubs really are that comfortable or something? If you go into the OR, hopefully you're going to change into completely new scrubs and not the stuff you wear off the street?

[@CaliD0LL]

@@acjohn6995 OR nurses and surgeons have temporary washed scrubs they changed into before their shift starts and then change out of afterwards. Also it’s policy to change out of scrubs that have been stained by blood or other bodily fluids or substances. They also wear shoe covers to prevent stains. Me and husband prevent contamination outside by wiping down our shoes with a bleach solution. TLDR: nurses and doctors know infection control throughly.

[@acjohn6995]

@@CaliD0LL So would you say scrubs are just so comfy that you like to wear them outside the hospital, or is it more of a pride/status thing?

[@CaliD0LL]

@@acjohn6995 Is say it’s more of a preference but that’s just me. There’s actually modernized scrubs that look like a track suit with a jacket on top so people can’t tell. I preferably wear scrub pants that are more like joggers.

[@serenasinti3800]

Nooooooo ouchhhh SHOCK ECT FORCE DEAD NYPH OUGDF😭🏨🏨🔮🔮🏨😭😭😭

[@khanharisfrd]

Hah 12 hrs shift ... we usually do 24 hr shift here in india and sometimes even 36 hr shift

[@Fredicilla]

Okay?

[@imasurfer2]

Sounds unsafe

[@dorianmouzone7313]

2 masks? geez.....