Wednesday, November 25, 2015

When Your Doctor Is on a 30-Hour Shift - The Daily Beast

Source: the Daily Beast
A new program has medical residents working for up to 30 hours without sleep in ICUs—putting patients in danger of hospital errors.
I cannot even count the number of times that I have been told by medical faculty members that nowadays “residents have it SO easy.”
Their tone indicates that they have clearly suffered more terrible work hours and conditions than any resident today, so complaints from our end should be stifled entirely. And accordingly so, I very seldom complain about the number of hours I find myself at work. Sure, it is rather unfortunate that most months I only get one day off a week and weekends are luxuries, but hey, I make the most of it.

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