Comments on: Needle Sticks and Exposures - One Reason I Hated Medicine http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/ A Cynical Look At Medical School and Medical Training Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Yannick http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-27066 Yannick Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:09:36 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-27066 "Steve, you freak, who else risks getting fucking AIDS as a result of their job, being forced to work 30-40 hours straight and become so exhausted that they get clumsy and the risk of getting AIDS from your job goes up, all for the illustrious wage of 40k a year?" Cops and Corrections officers get exposed to diseases, also all the other staff in a hospital (nurse's, PA's, RT's, security). “Steve, you freak, who else risks getting fucking AIDS as a result of their job, being forced to work 30-40 hours straight and become so exhausted that they get clumsy and the risk of getting AIDS from your job goes up, all for the illustrious wage of 40k a year?”

Cops and Corrections officers get exposed to diseases, also all the other staff in a hospital (nurse’s, PA’s, RT’s, security).

]]> By: Ellie http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23895 Ellie Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:12:43 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23895 Steve, you freak, who else risks getting fucking AIDS as a result of their job, being forced to work 30-40 hours straight and become so exhausted that they get clumsy and the risk of getting AIDS from your job goes up, all for the illustrious wage of 40k a year? Hoover, what options are there for a junior doc who wants to get out of clinical-I hate it so much I almost can't get up in the morning/evening! I've thought of Pathology-do you know what that's like at all? Love the blog by the way! Ellie Steve, you freak, who else risks getting fucking AIDS as a result of their job, being forced to work 30-40 hours straight and become so exhausted that they get clumsy and the risk of getting AIDS from your job goes up, all for the illustrious wage of 40k a year? Hoover, what options are there for a junior doc who wants to get out of clinical-I hate it so much I almost can’t get up in the morning/evening! I’ve thought of Pathology-do you know what that’s like at all?
Love the blog by the way!
Ellie

]]> By: Dinesh http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23575 Dinesh Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:02:23 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23575 Man, I think you're being pretty harsh on those patients. I used to feel that way too, but then I started to be less judgemental when I realized that a lot of these people have gone through hell, and that's why they are addicted to drugs and making poor lifestyle choices. I had one patient who was HCV+ because of sharing needles while injecting heroin. I later found out that she had been abused in every way possible since the age of 5. She was a homeless runaway who had been raped several times on the street, beaten, slept on cold streets, etc. You need to grow up and expand your worldview. You complain about having to take some abuse in the OR, yet you can't relate to these people who have been through things way worse? I am also very glad that you left medicine, since you probably would have turned out to be one of those asshole attendings that have no perspective on what other people are going through. Man, I think you’re being pretty harsh on those patients. I used to feel that way too, but then I started to be less judgemental when I realized that a lot of these people have gone through hell, and that’s why they are addicted to drugs and making poor lifestyle choices. I had one patient who was HCV+ because of sharing needles while injecting heroin. I later found out that she had been abused in every way possible since the age of 5. She was a homeless runaway who had been raped several times on the street, beaten, slept on cold streets, etc. You need to grow up and expand your worldview. You complain about having to take some abuse in the OR, yet you can’t relate to these people who have been through things way worse? I am also very glad that you left medicine, since you probably would have turned out to be one of those asshole attendings that have no perspective on what other people are going through.

]]> By: Steve http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23306 Steve Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:06:03 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-23306 As the first poster said, I'm glad you got out. A lot of people in a lot of professions, not just medicine, take a reasonable amount of risk in their jobs everyday. Don't hate on the profession, just accept your inability to handle it. As the first poster said, I’m glad you got out. A lot of people in a lot of professions, not just medicine, take a reasonable amount of risk in their jobs everyday. Don’t hate on the profession, just accept your inability to handle it.

]]> By: DOmer http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-22655 DOmer Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:33:31 +0000 http://www.medschoolhell.com/2008/03/29/needle-sticks-and-exposures-one-reason-i-hated-medicine/#comment-22655 I agree Midas, and they should invent puncture-proof kevlar glove linings that go all the way up to the mid-arm to protect us. I'm being serious too. I agree Midas, and they should invent puncture-proof kevlar glove linings that go all the way up to the mid-arm to protect us. I’m being serious too.

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