Things I Learned on Overnight Call

1. My brain starts to turn into mush after about 22 consecutive hours of consciousness.
2. Stream of consciousness pimping from my resident is an excellent way to keep me one my toes
   
3. Nothing helps time fly quite so well as a trauma
4. If you want a consult to be done quickly...don't ask me to do it
5. Call beds are surprisingly comfortable, although this may have had more to do with the fact that I had been up for 23.5 hours
6. I actually know how to manage acute cholecystitis (gallbladder infection)
7. I can run very well on 2 hours of sleep...until I get a chance to sit down and then I'll probably face plant on the nearest horizontal surface...kinda like I did when I got home at noon and tried to check my email
8. Pagers completely boggle my sleep-addled brain
9. I love the patient that is happy to answer all my questions when I come in to write his post-op note at 1AM, and I love the nurse that gives me a hard time about how exhausted I look and then starts laughing with me when I tell him how long I've been up.
10. Sleep is precious and AMAZING!