A medical resident is in the hospital 7am to 5pm everyday on his day post. Every 3 days a medical resident stays for 24 hours which ends and goes on till 5pm the next day because of his day post for a total of 34 hours. Confusing? For example: On a regular monday we come in at 7am and leave at 5pm. One of us has to stay until the next day so I endorse all my patients until I get back at 7am the next day. This is what we call the preduty post. I like preduty posts because this means I get to go home at 5pm. The next day is my "duty" post. (TUE) This means that I come in at 7am and at 5pm I don't get to go home because it's my turn to stay so my fellow residents that are not on duty get to go home at 5pm and endorse their patiets to me. At 7am the next morning (WED) my fellow residents come back and I endorse back their patients.
I resume my day post until 5pm this is what we call the "from duty" post. You are supposed to be in your day post just like everyday but you're sleep deprived because you went on duty the night before. The next day (THU) you come in as preduty post which starts the 3 day cycle all over again.
Why am I writing this? Don't get me wrong because I love my job but the routine can really get to you. I feel I'm still lucky because I have a tendency to attract stuff making every single day different. (I swear by murphy's law) Now small things, such as getting away from the hospital for a few hours may be the thing that keeps me sane. That's why every chance I get I find ways to make the most out of every minute. Ina few hours I'm on duty again
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