Any resident doctor knows that the pager is our worst enemy. Every intern knows that the worst pager to have is the house officer pager. We all have fantasies of "killing" the pager, our nemesis. Tonight, prior to my long call night in the ICU, I "killed" the house officer pager.
It wasn't intentional (at least not consciously). It accidentally slipped off of my belt clip as I was standing near the toilet. I was urinating if you must know. In went the pager! After finding a baby blue latex free glove to put on, I retrieved it from its disgraceful demise (Thankfully the water was “status-post flush”!) Now, rescued from the waters, I hear the poor pager using up its last breath as it cried out for help... it was a pitiful sputtering buzz... no beeps It sounded like a noisy flourescent light bulb for 10 seconds, then... silence. I thought about running it over to the crash cart and putting 360 joules thru its little electronic heart to shock it back into a viable rhythm, but alas... she was too far gone. I called it off... I had drowned the little guy... no turning back. Time of death... 21:22.
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It wasn't intentional (at least not consciously). It accidentally slipped off of my belt clip as I was standing near the toilet. I was urinating if you must know. In went the pager! After finding a baby blue latex free glove to put on, I retrieved it from its disgraceful demise (Thankfully the water was “status-post flush”!) Now, rescued from the waters, I hear the poor pager using up its last breath as it cried out for help... it was a pitiful sputtering buzz... no beeps It sounded like a noisy flourescent light bulb for 10 seconds, then... silence. I thought about running it over to the crash cart and putting 360 joules thru its little electronic heart to shock it back into a viable rhythm, but alas... she was too far gone. I called it off... I had drowned the little guy... no turning back. Time of death... 21:22.
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