Nurses

220 Nurses

Plus, they know the patient better than you do a lot of the time. So listen to your nurses. And learn things in medical school. And residency. Never stop learning.

Behavioral Fix - The Child Calming Cream

219 Behavioral Fix - The Child Calming Cream

Parents, you need to focus on parenting, not on trying to fix your child with some sort of product or quick fix.

Embryological Growth

218 Embryological Growth

The process of becoming a doctor, like embryology, is quite complex and difficult to understand.

Allergies

217 Allergies

Nebulized peanut butter is the next big thing in pharmaceutical science.

News

Ok, so I know I haven't posted for quite a while. I've had several reasons:
1. My tablet screen crapped out and I have yet to purchase another one.
2. Rotations have been much more time consuming than I had previously thought, and I wanted to devote my full attention to the learning and patient care therein.
3. I had Step 2 of the boards to take (ugh)
4. I now have residency applications to put forth and work on so time is still pretty tight.

Therefore, I will be updating this whenever possible, but don't expect it too often. I have one of those Google tablet things I use for the wards, and will experiment to see if I can draw comics on that, but the stylus is really not conducive to drawing. We shall see.

Most importantly, one of my comics, Medical Jargon was recently used in a TEDMED talk by Sally Okun entitled "Does anyone in Healthcare Want to be Understood?" check out 1:18 for the appearance of the comic, but really, the whole talk is really quite good. Thank you, Sally, for deeming my comic worthy of inclusion in your discussion on the lexicon of healthcare, and great job on your talk!

That's all for now,

Tommy

Trauma

216 Trauma

A little drawing I did while on rotation and nothing was happening. Stylized version of the Rod of Aesculapius with some surgical sayings thrown in.  Hope you enjoy!

Arm Wrestling

216 Arm Wrestling

I don't know how that original match began, but he was proud of that win for the next week until the patient recovered enough and destroyed him in a rematch.

Channels

215 Channels

This isn't Schrödinger's cat. The channels are not both open and closed at the same time. 

Patient Positioning

214 Patient Positioning

I had to pause to maintain composure when this happened. 

Then my co-student tried to utilize his empathy skills by saying, "I completely know how you feel…" 

Composure? Gone. 

EKG Decoding

213 EKG Decoding

Man, that guy just doesn't see the big clinical picture, huh? He must have been a gunner as a first and second year.

New Comics

Hey all,

I know it's been a while since I've updated here. I've been on my surgery rotation and haven't had much time to draw. Comics should be back shortly! (hopefully!)

- Tommy

Beta Blockers

212 Beta Blockers

The screening process for getting into medical school is getting worse and worse. I blame autocorrect and spell-check.

Imitation

211 Imitation

And don't be afraid to wear that surgical cap and the surgical booties around the hospital. Or at home. Or out at night. 

All the Answers

210 All the Answers

Bad news doesn't really obey the rules of physics, see the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for more details.

More Popular

209 More Popular

Ouch! He's not hungry right now, thanks though.

Action Potential Analogy

208 Action Potential Analogy

Did you catch that third panel double entendre? Wow, science is sexy.

Norm Variation

207 Norm Variation

Or the battery is dead. That happens quite a bit as well. 

Genius

206 Genius

Don't get all high and mighty that you're a med student, you're no different than anyone else. If you want to be a good doctor don't you ever forget that.

Fisher

205 Fisher

This can also be applied to Anal Fissures; be glad I didn't decide to draw that.

Wink

204 Wink

What? You don't think that when we're on our surgery rotation that you won't get enough practice with those exams?

Genes

203 Genes

What? Don't act all surprised at that. With that little awkward dirty comment you know you'll remember it forever now.

WBCs

202 WBCs

Man, you have too much time on your hands to think of this stuff. Shouldn't you be studying?

Stirrups

201 Stirrups

I'm not sure why, but there are a lot of exam tables that have the stirrups pointing towards the door. This was obviously a mean joke perpetrated by whoever designed the room.

Rhyme

200 Rhyme

Make sure you look for that sort of thing, it isn't something you want to miss.

Recapitulation

199 Recapitulation

Which is much like a real breast augmentation, in that it will hopefully further your careers. However, if you lack any significant talent, it won't really help. Good luck!

STD Clinic

198 STD Clinic

That's where you go to get TREATMENT! 

Murmurs

197 Murmurs

This holds true for most residents, too. And orthopods. Actually, if an ortho guy hears a murmur it is most likely at least a 5/6 because those guys don't even carry stethoscopes.

OB/GYN

196 OB/GYN

I mean, you might as well be up all night, every night like a vampire. I'm not suggesting you become a soulless blood-sucker, though. That would just be wrong.

Males

195 Males

You see, with inadequate air flow, the brain goes hypoxic and to keep that from happening, the blow job was invented. I'm kidding of course. I'm going to be in trouble for saying this.

Worst Doctor

194 Worst Doctor

Well, it could also have been a she that did those things. Stupidity isn't sexist, you know.