So we’ve had another riveting set of lectures today on arrhythmias (when your heart goes whack, and decides to beat crazily). I’ve seriously hit a road block. This is sad, considering how excited I was for cardio at the beginning (Truffles can attest to this). I think it’s because we’re on week 5 of 6. And now things are beginning to look the same. Anyway, two more months and it’s summer!! In my boredom, and generalized lack of motivation these days, I find that I’ve been searching the internet a lot lately. I came across this blog awhile back, but we just realized how much his description of his med class actually applies to ours. For instance, Truffles, cramberry and I likely belong to the “Anonymous Asian Female Section.” We actually sit roughly in this area too. Except we DO NOT use Hello Kitty notepads, and we love to make a lot of snarky remarks in class (okay that’s just me, haha). We too have a ‘question girl.’ What’s uncanny is that she sits in the exact same spot as his pic. Every lecture, guaranteed she’ll have her hand up. Okay, given I don’t mind her. She’s very nice, but sometimes…yeesh…please put hand down. Some of her questions are good and interesting, but others are so dang obvious. They make me want to scream, or at least run around in circles in my frustration. As an example:
Week 1 of cardio block
Doctor/Lecturer
“…so increased heart rate can actually have negative effects because it decreases the time for diastolic filling (the time where the heart fills with blood)…”
Week 3
Doctor/Lecturer
“…compensatory tachycardia (fast heart rate) can be decompensatory over time because of decreased diastolic filling time…”
Week 4
Doctor/Lecturer
“…diastolic filling of the ventricles may be shortened with tachycardia…”
So clearly we all had it drilled into our head that increasing your heart rate gives you less time for your heart to fill with blood. Okay, we got it. It’s been repeated for the umpteenth time.
Today after four hours of sitting in class on arrhythmias, wanting to kill self due to combo of tiredness, hunger and generalized boredom
Doctor/lecturer
“…so arrhythmias may cause tachycardia, and that may ultimately may lead to decreased cardiac output (how much blood the heart pumps per minute).”
Question Girl
[hand shoots up]
“Why does tachycardia cause decreased cardiac output?”
Me to self
Decreased diastolic filling time, decreased diastolic filling time, decreased diastolic filling time!!!
Doctor/lecturer
Well, you see, if the heart pumps too fast, there’s not enough time for it to fill with blood.
Question Girl
Oh
Me
GAH!!!
3 comments:
Okay, I can see why doctors know everything so well now...if it's drilled in that way. It's probably a pain for you, but as a potential patient I see this all as "for the patient's good"... lol, won't have to be worried my Doc doesn't know his/her stuff.
HAAA HAAA HAAA HAA HAA - in reply to the Question Girl. That really just refutes what I said above... I'd be worried if I was that girl's patient.
Does that even it out, then?
Don't worry... I feel your pain, Stuff.
I can indeed attest to your extreme anticipation for the cardio block. What happened? *shakes fist at heavens* What happened? =P
The row behind us is def the Med School Frat. and HAHAHA to question girl. ah question girl, what would we do without her.
side note: our class needs a Noah's Bagel Crew.
final side note: woot for acerbic anonymous asian females w/out hello kitty notepads!!! (too many adjectives in there? i thought so.)
I am ashamed at my lack of motivation. Ahh, there's another young one we lost to this cut-throat system... LOL
WE can become the bagel crew.. or some sort of food-related crew.. LOL come to think of it, the people in front of us could be the "baked goods crew."
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