Reflections on Being On-Call

Date August 1, 2007

It is 7.20am in the hospital and things are relatively quiet [I just used the "Q-Word" which can tend to jinx you at the hospital, but since I only have 1hr left of my last on-call, I think it's safe]. This morning at 8.30am I’ll hand over the on-call pager for the last time as [...]

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Being On-Call

Date June 25, 2007

Waiting and Watching: I’m on-call today, and I’m sitting here working on some verbatims, some paperwork and getting caught up on a little email. Yet, I can’t stop looking at the pager. Watching it. Just waiting…waiting for it to beep. I actually like the tone of the alert - it’s not an annoying pager noise. [...]

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