Sunday, January 29, 2012

Telemedicine

On Thursday I was sitting in the ICU playing phone tag with my registrar and the cardiology registrar regarding one of my patients when my mobile rang:

PTR
Hello?

Caller
Hi, this is Kathy, could you please re-send that order for the iron infusion?  It's gone missing in pharmacy.

PTR
What?

Caller
The iron infusion for Mr Gibson.

PTR
[Desperately flipping through my patient list looking for a Mr Gibson and freaking out because I know nothing about him...]
Mr Gibson?  Where is he?

Caller
He's gone back to Caloundra.

PTR
Caloundra? I'm in Adelaide.

Caller
Is that Dr Hamface?

PTR
No, sorry, you have the wrong number.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

You need to post your number here so your distant fans can play tricks on you.

PTR said...

Indeed I do not.

Anonymous said...

"On Thursday I was sitting in the ICU playing phone tag with my registrar..."

Two quick questions
- when you phone tag play with the registrar, can you tip the butcher back?
- what does your call register on your phone say when the registrar rings - does it register?

PTR said...

1. No, I am the butcher. You should see me put in IV lines.

2. I see what you did there.