St. Mary's, Waterbury, CT

[thethom]

I got a deal set up at the hotel across the street...nice to be close for those 4am mornings..

[traumajunkie]

Cant wait my brother rotated there, well since I want to do surgery or er I want to rotate here, I heard its tough as hell.-lol

[thethom]

Wow, 6 weeks into this rotation, all I have to say, I LOVE SURGERY!!! I get to scrub on Plastics, ENT, Vascular, Thoracic cases daily, in addition to Gen surg stuff of all sorts, not just lap choles (students can go to the pig lab and practice lap choles, sternotomies, etc themselves, and to Yale to practice on the lap simulator!) Some of my fellow students have scrubbed on cardiac cases (CABG mostly), neurosurg, and Ophtho cases. Then on call my beeper goes off all night for trauma alerts, some flown in by helicopter. Yeahhhhhh! On my second call (q4) I scrubbed on an emergency craniotomy in the middle of the night for a guy with an acute subdural. Motorcycle helmets are not required in this state I guess, so you see lots of motorcycle (donorcycles as theyre called here) head trauma, and since its warming up now, more and more and more. Wow, how can anyone NOT do surgery?!?!?

Ok gotta be in at 430 so off to sleep.

[jeonghur]

Anyone have a surgery core rotation here they would like to switch to Caritas from 12/22/08 to 3/13/09?

[Cuando2]

Originally Posted by thethom

Wow, 6 weeks into this rotation, all I have to say, I LOVE SURGERY!!! I get to scrub on Plastics, ENT, Vascular, Thoracic cases daily, in addition to Gen surg stuff of all sorts, not just lap choles (students can go to the pig lab and practice lap choles, sternotomies, etc themselves, and to Yale to practice on the lap simulator!) Some of my fellow students have scrubbed on cardiac cases (CABG mostly), neurosurg, and Ophtho cases. Then on call my beeper goes off all night for trauma alerts, some flown in by helicopter. Yeahhhhhh! On my second call (q4) I scrubbed on an emergency craniotomy in the middle of the night for a guy with an acute subdural. Motorcycle helmets are not required in this state I guess, so you see lots of motorcycle (donorcycles as theyre called here) head trauma, and since its warming up now, more and more and more. Wow, how can anyone NOT do surgery?!?!?

Ok gotta be in at 430 so off to sleep.

Hahaha, written like a true newbie...like the kid who just steps onto the police force and is all excited about getting to touch the gun and stuff...I'm not trying to make fun of you, I'm happy you're having fun (and having a good surgery rotation, similar to like mine was...I was reminiscing while reading your spiel)...but to answer your final question, well, thats why I was laughing when I read it...those who truly like surgery (that does NOT mean every resident who is in surgery, because not all of them even like what they're doing once they realize what they got themselves into)...well...enough said, I guess I've already made my point. Just wait until you realize what its like to have TRUE responsibility for what you do to your patients, then factor in how many hours you don't get for your own self, etc, etc...so well, theres the most popular reason as the answer for your question.

[pavilion7100]

hello everyone,
does anybody have any information regarding housing in the waterbury, Connecticut area? i'm starting surgery at St.Mary soon, but having a hard time finding a place to stay.

[thethom]

Are you (or were you, or did you want to be) in surgery Cuando? To be honest, I spent more time in the hospital than the residents, as I did not get post-call off, and the residents did, and I came in earlier to write the daily notes for the residents, so for these 3 months (in addition to my 3 months at Kings County) I have an idea whats its like to have no "personal time." I'm not tied down by marriage or anything, so that makes life much easier, and I am currently at the end of this rotation, and I still love this stuff. The only thing correct in your post is that agree with is that I don't have the full responsibility for the patients that the residents do.

Best of luck, I hope you find something you like..

[tssme]

Any students here who're starting out in September for Surgery? I've seen of a few posts ask about housing, but I have noticed any responses. Where is the best place to live while you're rotating here?

[thebarbarian]

Anyone starting in 02/09 for surgery? LMK.

[thebarbarian]

Anyone starting in 02/09 for surgery? LMK.