The Clueless Resident, Hoist the Big Catch Flag

In the medical field, the issue of patients being passed around like a hot potato is often criticized, but
just as much
“passing questions around like a hot potato” also occurs.

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Are the nurses around you angels in white?
Or are they angels of malice?

Empty-headed NurseMe"Excuse me for interrupting your work!"
Angel of MaliceNurseA"That's rude!!"
Empty-headed NurseMe"I'm sorry for being rude, but I'm being rude anyway! Is this document for the department head?"
Angel of MaliceNurseA"I don't know! Ask the head nurse!"

Empty-headed NurseMe"Excuse me for interrupting your work!"
Head NurseArchangel of Malice"If you think it's rude, don't talk to me. I'm busy."
Empty-headed NurseMe"This doc..."
Head NurseArchangel of Malice"I'm busy! Don't ask me! Ask Angel of MaliceNurseA. I'm busy!"

This implicitly creates an
Angel of MaliceNurseA = free time
insulting equationinsulting equation—is that okay?
—I thought about asking this, but the lid of hell's cauldron would have opened at an incredible speed, and innocent professionals like residents and social workers would have been caught in the crossfire and died, so I stopped.
Especially since residents are already being dealt with at least five times a day even without the lid of hell's cauldron opening, I couldn't afford to have any more victims.

Setting the lid of hell's cauldron aside for a moment,
while this question was being tossed back and forth between the Head NurseArchangel of Malice and Angel of MaliceNurseA, my consciousness drifted away to a herring fishing boat in Hokkaido.

Why, you ask?Soran BushiHerring Fishing BGMBecause the passing of questions around like a hot potato is also happening in a spectacular way.

1. Whether the herring have arrived or not
〽︎If you ask the SeagullKamome if the herring have come,
They say I'm a bird that flies, ask the waves

〈Translation〉
Fisherman: "Hey SeagullKamome, did the herring come?"
SeagullKamome: "I don't know, I'm just about to head out. Ask thewaves! Ask thewaves!"

〈Den of EvilNurse StationVersion〉
FishermanMe"Excuse me for flying by! Have the herring arrived?"
SeagullHead Nurse"I'm busy! I'm going to aSeagullHead Nursemeeting! I'm busy! Ask theWavesAngel of Malice A!"

2. Low tide/high tide times
〽︎If you ask the seagull offshore about the TideShio time,
They say I'm a bird that flies, ask the waves

〈Translation〉
Fisherman: "Hey SeagullKamome, do you know today's low tide and high tide times?"
SeagullKamome: "I don't know! I'm leaving now, so don't ask me again! Ask thewavesor something!"

〈Den of EvilNurse StationVersion〉
FishermanMe"Excuse me for flying by! Do you know today's low and high tide times?"
SeagullHead Nurse"I'm busy! I have to leave now or I won't make it to theSeagullHead Nursemeeting! I'm busy! Ask theWavesAngel of Malice A!"

The fisherman asks the seagull so many questions,
and the seagull leaves everything to the waves.

Once it gets to this point, it's hard to stay calm.
The large poster on the ward wall has become abig catch flag,
and even the Nurse StationDen of Evil, where I didn't even want to be, has started to look like amagnificent fishing boat. And the vital signs monitor is a
fish finder, which means the patient is aherring...

Herring fishingto go see the patient, in my fisherman stylefull PPE—you know, it actually started to not feel so bad.
Yes, I am a fisherman who has bravely overcome the raging seas.
A first-class fisherman.

But just on a day like this,
with an outrageous team,
and everyone having to enter the
ICU (Imokenpi, Chinsuko, Umaibo) red zone (raging torrent) in this first-class fisherman style,I was suddenly brought back to reality.

* Red zone (raging torrent) = Severe COVID patient area

And the problem is, when you put on
full PPE (first-class fisherman style), for some reason,
an internal anal sphincter vs. external anal sphincter (urge to defecate) battle breaks out.
And it usually turns into a broken stomach (diarrhea).The Clueless Resident
has the same trait,
and since he and I start suffering at the same time, the number of patients inevitably increases.
It increases, but since we are patients who aren't really patients,
we don't get any treatment and are just treated like nuisances.We're treated like Nomura's jellyfish.

Clueless Resident: "(Even though I can barely see your face) You look terrible."
Empty-headed Nurse (Me): "Doctor, you look terrible too."
Clueless Resident: "I wonder if it's okay to just let it out."
Empty-headed Nurse (Me): "Oh, then should we go on the count of three?"
Clueless Resident: "That sounds good, let's do it."

And so we tried to commit a
poop terror inside the ICU (Imokenpi, Chinsuko, Umaibo).

Since my external anal sphincter was about to be defeated (about to poop myself),
Empty-headed Nurse (Me): "Excuse me while I'm working! I'm terribly sorry, but may I go to the restroom?"
Angel of Malice A (Nurse A) aka Wave (Raging): "That's rude, isn't it?! I don't know, so ask the Head Nurse!"
The familiar exchange happened again.

Empty-headed Nurse (Me): "Excuse me while I'm working! My urge to defecate is at its limit, so may I
go to the restroom (I'm going anyway even if you say no)?Archangel of Malice (Head Nurse) aka Seagull: "I'm busy! I'm busy dusting the monitor! Ask Angel of Malice A (Nurse A) aka Wave (Raging)

! I'm busy!"Another insult equation
. Also, at this time, I misheard "monitor" as "Morita
" and thought,"Is the patient Morita-san
?
Besides, isn't it bad to call a patient by their name without an honorific?
On top of that, why is there dust on the patient..."
I thought about it very seriously, but
only for this moment, the ceasefire agreement between the internal and external anal sphincters (urge to defecate)
seemed to be strictly observed, and it was a more peaceful internal environment than some conflict somewhere.

However, immediately after this,
the moment I cursed in my heart, "Not this Soran Bushiagain!"
my external anal sphincter was at a disadvantage and I almost
melted through (leaked).

To take off my full PPE, I grabbed the Clueless Resident's arm
and headed for the boundary between the ICU (Imokenpi, Chinsuko, Umaibo) and the lower world.
The two of us ripped off each other's full PPE,
dunked them into the trash can,
washed and purified our soiled hands,
and then started running.

To Eden (Paradise) (the restroom).

In the hearts of the Clueless Residentand the Empty-headed Nurse (Me)returning from
Eden (Paradise) (the restroom) to the ship (nurse station),a magnificent big catch flagwas fluttering in the wind.

[Reference Materials]
◽︎ Hokkaido folk song "Soran Bushi"

◽︎ Japan Knowledge
Akira Kaminaga: How about Japanese?
Episode 208
What does "shiodoki" (the right time) mean?

◽︎ HOGI Medical