Finally home in the ER

After 8 long months of trauma, OB, Pediatrics ICU, and other off-service rotations, I finally made it to my new home--the ER. My first month was a full month of nights--20 shifts in 28 days--not too bad. Some of the highlights included 12 intubations (the ER residents are the responders to all calls for intubation help on the floors), 5 central lines, 2 LPs, multiple laceration repairs (I was pretty proud of some of the stuff I got back together), 4 STEMI alerts that went straight to the cath lab, a bunch of CHF exacerbations and SVT arrhythmias, and a few full arrests and trauma arrests (like the gunshot wound to the left chest). Of course, I had a few colds/flus, stubbed toes, and hang nails in there as well. All in all, it was a great month, and I can finally say I'm glad I'm going into emergency medicine. Of course being a resident in the ED is way different than being a medical student in the ED--I'm glad I still like it. Now I've got 4 months in a row in the ED before I have to go back to the floors (with trauma, neurology/neurosurgery, ICU, etc).