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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
I hit an odd milestone today.
Today my new stethoscope came in the mail. This is my second.
I'd bet that 50% of doctors out there still have the same stethoscope that they had in medical school. My good friend, a physician of 25 years, has his FATHER'S 70 year-old stethoscope and swears that "they just don't make 'em like they used to!"
Now my stethoscope, when I was a third year medical student, had a rather unfortunate run-in with the spokes of my bike while I was coming home from work one day. It's still worked for a long time, but a few weeks ago I was listening to a baby and I felt the lungs were clear. My friend Caroline came along and said "woah! Crackles!"
I said, "I didn't hear any crackles, where are they?"
She pointed. "Here."
I placed my stethoscope and listened. Nothing. Just air moving in and out. I shook my head.
She put her stethoscope there and then put its earpieces around my ears. "Listen," she said.
And I heard very LOUD crackles.
Time to get a new stethoscope!
And may THIS one (with my name monogramed on it) will hopefully last me my career.
I hit an odd milestone today.
Today my new stethoscope came in the mail. This is my second.
I'd bet that 50% of doctors out there still have the same stethoscope that they had in medical school. My good friend, a physician of 25 years, has his FATHER'S 70 year-old stethoscope and swears that "they just don't make 'em like they used to!"
Now my stethoscope, when I was a third year medical student, had a rather unfortunate run-in with the spokes of my bike while I was coming home from work one day. It's still worked for a long time, but a few weeks ago I was listening to a baby and I felt the lungs were clear. My friend Caroline came along and said "woah! Crackles!"
I said, "I didn't hear any crackles, where are they?"
She pointed. "Here."
I placed my stethoscope and listened. Nothing. Just air moving in and out. I shook my head.
She put her stethoscope there and then put its earpieces around my ears. "Listen," she said.
And I heard very LOUD crackles.
Time to get a new stethoscope!
And may THIS one (with my name monogramed on it) will hopefully last me my career.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
veteran
1,453 posts
Location: Lancs England
Posted:
pah not if you worked in this country us pesky nurses have a habit of pinching the doctors stethoscopes (te he ) we use them more than they do any hoo and they earn more than us we generally give them back at the end of there rotation with us
rotation lol (only it they ask nicely though
pah not if you worked in this country us pesky nurses have a habit of pinching the doctors stethoscopes (te he ) we use them more than they do any hoo and they earn more than us we generally give them back at the end of there rotation with us
rotation lol (only it they ask nicely though before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
So the monogram says MLG then?
although is 3 letters a monogram? Surely that would be a triogram....
EDITED_BY: Cantus (1142913756)
So the monogram says MLG then?
although is 3 letters a monogram? Surely that would be a triogram....
EDITED_BY: Cantus (1142913756)
Meh
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sneaky little kitty
251 posts
Location: Missouri, USA
sneaky little kitty
251 posts
Location: Missouri, USA
Posted:
congrats. and good luck. maybe you should keep it in a case so it doesn't meet an untimely spoke related incident.
congrats. and good luck. maybe you should keep it in a case so it doesn't meet an untimely spoke related incident.
you want the truth? you can't handle the truth!
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,966 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
I think you should give it to me so I can ebay it when you're famous... erm I mean so that i can keep it forever in a special place next to my heart
I think you should give it to me so I can ebay it when you're famous... erm I mean so that i can keep it forever in a special place next to my heart
Meh
NYC
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
9,232 posts
Location: NYC, NY, USA
Posted:
How do stethoscopes break? Isn't it just a tube connecting a horn and an earpiece? Or is it the circly side?
Maybe your rats chewed on it.
How do stethoscopes break? Isn't it just a tube connecting a horn and an earpiece? Or is it the circly side?
Maybe your rats chewed on it.
Well, shall we go?
Yes, let's go.
[They do not move.]
Member
152 posts
Location: London, england
152 posts
Location: London, england
Posted:
Congrats on your new iwonttrytospellit. It sounds really fun though I am sure its not as fun as I think it is!!
May the new stethescope help you heal many people!! Have you given her/him a name??
Congrats on your new iwonttrytospellit. It sounds really fun
though I am sure its not as fun as I think it is!!May the new stethescope help you heal many people!! Have you given her/him a name??
Kiss me now, You're beatiful, For these days are truly the last.
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Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Pooh-Bah
1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia
Posted:
Congratulations... I think..
@Buzz: my siser Stefanie, who's a second year nursing student has a pink stethoscope which she calls her Stefascope...
Don't know if that counts as a name, but it's pretty funny... (well, i think so anyways, it might only work if you know how werid she is.)
Congratulations... I think..
@Buzz: my siser Stefanie, who's a second year nursing student has a pink stethoscope which she calls her Stefascope...
Don't know if that counts as a name, but it's pretty funny... (well, i think so anyways, it might only work if you know how werid she is.)
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