Summary of Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The decision to work in medicine is a version of the email you get in early October asking you to choose your menu options for the work Christmas party. You must be psychologically fit for the job, able to make decisions under a terrifying amount of pressure, and deal with death on a daily basis.
#2 I was a junior doctor in London in 1998. I had spent a quarter of my life at medical school, and it hadn’t remotely prepared me for the Jekyll and Hyde existence of a house officer. During the day, I was a glorified PA.
#3 The night shifts made Dante look like Disney. They were a nightmare that made me regret ever thinking my education was being underutilized. I was a doctor now, and I loved it.
#4 I have a new stethoscope, a new shirt, and a new email address: atom. kay@nhs. net. It’s good to know that no matter what happens today, I could still accuse myself of being the most incompetent person in the hospital.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Topic
• Sexualité
• sexualité
• Sexualité

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 21 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354857
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The decision to work in medicine is a version of the email you get in early October asking you to choose your menu options for the work Christmas party. You must be psychologically fit for the job, able to make decisions under a terrifying amount of pressure, and deal with death on a daily basis.

#2

I was a junior doctor in London in 1998. I had spent a quarter of my life at medical school, and it hadn’t remotely prepared me for the Jekyll and Hyde existence of a house officer. During the day, I was a glorified PA.

#3

The night shifts made Dante look like Disney. They were a nightmare that made me regret ever thinking my education was being underutilized. I was a doctor now, and I loved it.

#4

I have a new stethoscope, a new shirt, and a new email address: atom. kay@nhs. net. It’s good to know that no matter what happens today, I could still accuse myself of being the most incompetent person in the hospital.

#5

The patient OM is a seventy-year-old retired heating engineer from Stoke-on-Trent. But tonight, he’s going to be an eccentric German professor with ze unconvinzing agzent. Not just tonight in fact, but this morning, this afternoon and every day of his admission.

#6

The doctors’ mess is the name given to the area where we gather to share stories about patients. We often joke about the ridiculous things patients present with, like itchy teeth or sudden improvement in hearing.

#7

The first death I ever witnessed was that of a patient who had oesophageal varices, which is a complication of liver cirrhosis. It was a sad but necessary end to a horrible situation.

#8

Inpatient Hugo explains to his patient that St. John’s Wort, a common herbal remedy, interacts with the metabolism of warfarin, and her clotting will probably settle down if she stops taking it.

#9

The European Working Time Directive was brought in to provide some legal measure to stop employers working their staff to their bleary-eyed deaths by limiting shifts to a mere forty-eight hours per week.

#10

The truth is, although dozens, maybe hundreds, of lives are saved every day on hospital wards, it is usually in a much more low-key, team-based way. It is down to one person to save a life, and today, it was me.

#11

I have seen a lot of penises in my brief time in urology, but this was far and away the worst one I have ever seen. It was worth a rosette if there had been a place to pin it.

#12

The level of bribe I was receiving was getting worse. I was starting to wonder how much the patient would have needed to offer before I said yes. I estimated it was around £50.

#13

For dinner, I went to a pizza restaurant with my friend H. The restaurant had exposed brickwork, too much neon, menus on clipboards, and an unnecessarily complicated ordering system. I was given a device that beeped and vibrated when my order was ready, and then I had to collect my pizza from a disinterested server.

#14

There is more to breaking bad news than just saying I’m afraid it’s cancer and We did everything we could. Nothing can prepare you for sitting down a patient’s daughter and explaining that her father became extremely agitated and confused last night.

#15

The best way to deal with a worried parent is to be professional and kind. It’s important to explain everything to them, but not overwhelm them with jargon.

#16

The end of night shifts is celebrated with a slap-up breakfast and a bottle of white wine for the doctor at Vingt-Quatre. Night shifts are a different time zone from the rest of the country, so it’s almost like a night cap.

#17

I have reviewed two patients this weekend, a man in atrial fibrillation following surgery for a #NOF, and a twenty-year-old patient with abnormal renal function. I prescribe IV fluids for the former, and common sense for the latter.

#18

The fourth object I have removed from a rectum was a toilet brush, which was the first case of Eiffel Syndrome I had to deal with. It was a credible and painful incident with a sofa and a remote control that at least made me think, Well, it could happen.

#19

When a Pope dies, the doctor is required to call out his name three times, check that his breath doesn’t blow out a candle, then bop him on the head with a hammer. At least she didn’t have to watch me do that.

#20

I was originally scheduled to work on the ward, but I arranged a four-way swap so that I could attend the stag do. I was supposed to have it delivered to Ron’s flat on his return, along with my groveling apologies.

#21

I spend the entire night shift feeling like water is gushing into the hull of my boat and the only thing on hand to bail it out with is a Sylvanian Family rabbit’s contact lens. I am called about a new blaze every five minutes, and I prioritize the sickest-sounding patients.
Insights from Chapter 2