this was as legit of an ICU rotation as it gets out there am among any residency there was one night when a patient did come in very very sick I don't even remember exactly what it was I do remember though calling in the middle of the night calling the attending because I had to call them for every admission be like uh this patient here's what's going on blah blah blah I can't even use the words now I'm an opthamologist I don't know and I just remember the attending saying okay we need to start ECMO protocol
and I stealed myself took a deep breath I said yes sir of course I will start ECMO protocol I hung up the phone I walked into the physician workroom sat down at a computer and Googled what is emo