Colten
The name of the hospital that Colten will be working at starting in the fall
What is Good Samaritan Hospital?
the name of someone in their first year of residency
What is otolargyngology? What is otorhinolargyngology?
name of the ENT specialty that Colten is going into
What is general ENT?
restaurant that is at Loyola that Colten no longer wants to eat at because he has eaten it so often
What is 9 years?
the limit on hours that a resident is legally supposed to work per week
What is 80 hours?
the common procedure done to decrease ear infections in pediatric patients
What is ear tube insertion?
What is match day?
something that is inserted into the nose to quickly stop a stubborn nose bleed
What is a rhino rocket?
the nickname that Colten was given during one of his first call shifts during which he got 14 consults (called 14 times for new patients)
What is the black cloud?
the name of the rotation (a color) during which Colten treated head and neck cancer patients
the type of healthcare provider that ENTs closely work with that performs tests and treatments to support hearing and balance
what is an audiologist?
the name of the tool used to look into someone's ears
what is an otoscope?
A fun nickname for a female ENT
What is a sheNT?
Colten's least favorite/most stressful rotation of medical school and residency
What is the burn unit?
the reason that residents are called residents
what is that residents "reside" in the hospital?
What is a slash trach?
the way a white coat shows you if someone is a medical student or a resident/attending physician in the hospital
what is the length of a white coat? (short for student and long for resident/attending)
the approximate length of the needle used to drain a peritonsillar abcess
the compliment that one attending physician gave Colten at the beginning of residency when comparing his surgical skills to others
What is head and shoulders above others in his surgical skills?
the number of ENT residents graduating this year in the Chicagoland area
the piece of equipment used to look at the back of the throat to diagnose ENT concerns
What is a laryngoscope?
something found in electronic items to make them work that is extremely harmful and emergent if swallowed
what is a button battery?
name one of the most common ENT emergencies that Colten would need to respond to when on call
what is a dog bite, a nose bleed, an airway ore ear foreign body, tonsil bleeds?