"Turf. Block. Referencia." No importa como se llama, pero es la mismo idea. Yo requierdo mi Sub-I en MGH, cuando nosotros mandamos multiplos casos al "Team 4" (que es el kipo de curar terminal, o otras causas como curar psiquatrica). Nosotros tambien mandamos un paciente al "Team 3" -- no por que no podemos tratar eso, pero por que ella fue en esto kipo antes (hace un ano)!
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Aqui, no es differente nada. Por que unas cosas confunditas, yo he quedado en el CEMI hace cuatro dias (si...yo he tenido turno por cuatro noches!). Es bueno, por que yo assistE mi primero parto! Ella es un bonissima bebita que tiene ses libres y nueve onzas. Y tambien, la madre es buena; necessitO solamente tres suturos. Todo fue bien.
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Sin embargo, el titulo de mi entrada es "TURF," por eso necessito explicar un poco. Durante mi cuatro turno dias, nosotros encontramos mas de cinquenta pacientes. Hubo ses o siete pacientes que eran emberazadas -- pero, nosotros estudiantes assistemos en solamente dos partos! Donde van los otros partos? Fueron "TURFed" a la Roosevelt hospital! Una emberazada fue 42 semanas desde la fetcha de ultimate regla, y nosotros piensemos que hubo disproporcion de cefaclico-pelvico. Un otra emberazada tenio la historia de caesario antes (pero fue dos aNos antes, y fue bajo anterior transverse!). Todavia, un otra emberazada tenio la historia de rompio de matriz en pasada (como rompio y entonces todavia embarazada, no se). Todos los casos -- nosotros mandamos al Roosevelt. Esta bien -- yo creo que fue necessario en mas de casos.
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Sin embargo, hubo otros pacientes que (algunos de nosotros) queremos mandar al Roosevelt que quizas no necessitan ir. Un hombre, que tiene 35 aNos, esta emborrachada y el cayO de coche. Hubo dos cortas; uno arriba de ceja derecha y uno sobre de maxilla derecha. Yo queria retener el para suturar, pero hubo la idea que la herida sea sobre un fractura zygomatica. Pero no hubo movimiento de maxilla, dolor al tocar, o mucho hinchazon! No creI que hubo fractura. Sin embargo, cuando dijimos el plano para mandar al Roosevelt, ellos decidieron ir a la casa en lugar! Finalmente, convencemos ellos quedar para suturar... Pero, fue un ejemplo de un innecessario TURF.
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Hay otras ejemplos -- un politrauma paciente en que no ponemos "foley catheter" por que "ellos en Roosevelt hacen eso," etc. Yo entiendo que no podemos hacer todo, pero yo creo que hay unos casos en que hacemos menor que debemos... un poco como intern aNo en MGH! :) Veremos...
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"Turf. Block. Referencia." No matter what it is called, it is the same idea. I remember my Sub-I at MGH, when we sent multiple cases to "Team 4" (which is the team that cares for terminal illnesses, or other things like psychiatry). We also sent a patient to "Team 3" - not because we could not handle that (heme-onc), but because the patient had been cared for by that team before (albeit a year ago)!
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Here, there isn't a huge difference. Because of some confusion, I have been at CEMI for four days (yes. .. I have taken call for four nights!). It's good, because I delivered my first baby! She is a beautiful little girl who weighs 6 lbs 9 ounces. Oh yeah, the mother is also good; she only needed three suture ties for the epesiotomy. Everything went well.
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Oh wait, the title of my post is "TURF;" I guess I should explain why. During my four days on call, we encountered more than fifty patients. There were six or seven patients who were pregnant - but we students only delivered two babies! Where about the other births? They were "TURFed" to Roosevelt Hospital. One woman was 42 weeks pregnant, and we thought there was cephalo-pelvic disproportion. Another pregnant woman had a history of a C-section before (but was two years before, and it was a low-anterior transverse approach! [which means a normal vaginal delivery could follow that]). Still, another pregnant woman had a history of a ruptured uterus from a previous pregnancy (how she ruptured her uterus but then still got pregnant, I don't know). All these cases - we sent to Roosevelt. It's okay, I think that it was probably necessary -- in most cases.
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However, there were other patients that (some of us) wanted to send to Roosevelt who may not have otherwise needed it. One man, 35 years old, was drunk and fell out of a moving truck. There were two lacerations, one above the eyebrow, and one overlying the right maxilla. I wanted to keep him so we could suture the lacerastion, but there was the idea that the wound may be overlying a zygomatic fracture. Nonetheless, there was no movement of the facial bones, pain on palpation, or even that much swelling! I really didn't believe there was a fracture. However, when we told them of the plan to send him to Roosevelt, the patient's family decided to go home instead! Finally, we convince them that at least we could suture the lacerations... But it was probably an example of an unnecessary TURF.
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There are other examples - a multiple trauma patient in whom we did not place a foley catheter because "they do that at Roosevelt," and so on. I understand that we can not do everything, but I think that there are some cases where we do less than we should ... A bit like intern year at MGH? :) We'll see...