Your favorite hallucinogen is
exhaustion.
Discussing dismemberment over
a gourmet
meal seems perfectly normal to you.
You think that caffeine should be available in IV form.
You get an almost irresistible
urge to stand and wolf
your food even in the nicest restaurants.
You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain.
You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers.
You believe that unspeakable
evils will befall you if
anyone says, "Boy it is quiet around here."
You have ever referred to someone's
death as a
transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit".
You have ever had a patient say,
"But I'm not pregnant,
I can't be pregnant. How can I be having a baby?"
You have ever had a patient look
you straight in the eye and
say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there".
Your most common assessment question
is "what
changed tonight to make it an emergency after
6 (hours, days, weeks, months, years)?"
