...and remembering curve. Last week went pretty well overall. I was very lucky to be surrounded by a lot of helpful and patient people (especially the amazing ER pharmacist) and to share the experience with another intern (a neurology resident from Texas). So many things to remember after a year of thinking about very different things! What antibiotic to use for an uncomplicated urinary tract infection ? How to do a complete neurologic exam ? How to calculate an anion gap ? Plus, how to be the one who makes the decisions? Should I ask the attending about this or should I just do it? {the hospital, Burlington, and Lake Champlain} Friday, I admitted my first patient. Until then, I had been "treating and streeting" everyone (which is not a phrase I've used until this moment, but it's fairly descriptive...so I'll keep it). The admission process was very frustrating. When the patient came in via EMS , I thought, this person is sick. I will need to admit this p...