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Morning geriatrics/gerontology thoughts
On #failuretothrive
Last night while researching frailty scores, I vividly remembered being paged at 2am by the paging operator to call a patients family member while I was working in the ICU (back in the day when I did such things 😅)
On #failuretothrive
Last night while researching frailty scores, I vividly remembered being paged at 2am by the paging operator to call a patients family member while I was working in the ICU (back in the day when I did such things 😅)
Things were calm - and I figured a patient family member paging in the middle of the night was probably important - so I called:
“Is this Dr. Weeks?”
“Yes”
“you may not remember me, but I’m ___ you took care of my dad a few months ago and I wanted to talk about his paperwork.”
“Is this Dr. Weeks?”
“Yes”
“you may not remember me, but I’m ___ you took care of my dad a few months ago and I wanted to talk about his paperwork.”
Now this was curious. This patient died but my mind is a Rolodex of patients I’ve pronounced so I remembered this family well.
“How can I help you?”
“Well I noticed in the admission note you wrote and the discharge summary you listed “failure to thrive” as the chief concern.”
“How can I help you?”
“Well I noticed in the admission note you wrote and the discharge summary you listed “failure to thrive” as the chief concern.”
