Page 6 - Grad Memories

Karam Gardezi, MD

Future Plans:
Internal Medicine Chief Resident
At Carle Hospital, Urbana, IL

Favorite Memory of Residency:
MICU nights as second year. Nick was intern. An 85 year old with foot
osteomyelitis crashed on the floor. Ended up with MAP in the 30s for a
while, I put in emergent central line while he was obtunded. Nick got ready
to set up for an A line when his mental status suddenly recovered (but
delirious). He started trying to hit Nick yelling, "I don't want any needles you
SOB!" Each time Nick would try to hold his arm he would get cussed out
and grabbed. Nick was at a loss. I was bringing him supplies and while seeing
that I lost it and started rolling around on the floor outside his room in the
SICU. The nurses thought I was having a seizure and checked to see if I was
ok. Then we finally got a hold of his only family (elder brother "Ted") to see
if he consented but Ted was pretty senile. Every time we explained about his
BP he was like, "whaaaaaaaaa? His blood pressure is high? Well get it down
then!". In the background we could hear his wife screaming, "noooooo Ted
they are saying he has LOW blood pressure!". He kept on going on tangents
so we ended up having to do the lines emergently anyway.

Swapna Gudipati, MD

Future Plans:
Cardiology Fellowship at Beaumont Hospital
-Royal Oak, Royal Oak, MI

Favorite Memory of Residency:
There are too many to name! I would say
intern year when I went trick or treating
throughout the hospital on Halloween
during Loyola MICU rotation while my
seniors, Mark Tancredi and Matt Sugimoto,
ran the MICU. They didn't seem to notice I
had disappeared for some time.