doctor on nights | Dr. Rachel Southard

[@RachelSouthard]

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[@AprilTeniente-eu1mj]

People are wrong. 2024 isn’t over yet. Not till December 31st, 2024 to January 1st, 2025!!

[@aidathemd]

Rachel this vlog is NOT repetitive nor boring. I LOVE this. I LOVE watching how the life of a resident is because I'm going to be one soon. Thank you for making these kinds of vlogs. I love them. I love you.🥰

[@gilliangoodman6362]

Good luck with your residency,from Gill in Englandp🤞👍😊

[@aidathemd]

@@gilliangoodman6362 Thank you Gill.😍

[@circlenowsquared]

I appreciate you showing us the real deal, not trying to spice it up or inflate certain things that happened to make the vlog "interesting", no clickbait stuff. It's one of the reasons I love this vlog!

[@graceinsinga5831]

Where would we all be without your dedication and sacrifice. You are appreciated Doctor. God bless you.

[@gorgeous6031]

Because of you Dr. Southard I was able to get into medical school. I am 34 years old and a no traditional. I have a daughter and I was still able to power through everything and make my dreams a reality. Your the reason!

[@bethanyjowers3133]

This is random but the story about hibiscus tea and color guard makes me so happy :) Your dedication to filming and editing through all this is inspiring!

[@marlietuicakau2902]

Hi Rachel. I am not a doctor but a teacher by profession and ever since i had my 3 kids, i switch to doctor mode everytime they get sick. I came across your video when we all got sick as a family a month ago and since then, i cannot wait to watch your videos....latest and the old ones too. Glad to be learning new things from you. Keep doing you! We will keep following you😊

[@DanaMedic]

Hi Dr. Rachel Southard, I hope you're doing well! I just wanted to send a quick note to express my heartfelt thanks for your inspiring content and your amazing personality. I've been following your journey since the beginning, and your dedication to health and education, coupled with your infectious positivity, always leaves me feeling motivated. Thank you for being such an incredible role model and for sharing your journey with us. Your authenticity and warmth shine through in everything you do, and it's been a true joy to be inspired by your presence.😊❤

[@ruxandraandriescu5978]

You are such a boss and I love watching your videos. When you said “whatever I don’t have time to deal with this” re: the headache I cracked up because that’s currently my daily mantra when it comes to self care as a med student. ❤ Excedrin extra strength does wonders for my bad headaches

[@2011Starrmom]

I loved the honesty of your video today! So sorry about your headache, but, girl, I’m sure it’s fatigue and lack of food. Hang in there! And I want to see you as Color Guard!

[@charlottebrauchli4510]

THANK YOU for posting vlogs like this. Healthcare is NOT as glamorous as other influencers make it seem and you're not alone feeling like this. I also loled at the part youre in the kitchen trying to scavenge food together and eat a 'hamster meal' because this is meeeee. also nightshift headaches are no joke. ily you are so inspirational and strong

[@AshleyStuart]

This is truly amazing that you can function at all with such little sleep. People often ask me why I didn't go into medicine and I reply with because I need my sleep and I know I wouldn't do well at all with night shifts. Also, you should get a higher pay when working nights too. It's so unnatural and has to be putting so much strain on your health. I have one night with 5 hours of sleep and it takes me two days to recover from it. I can't imagine days upon days like that.

[@trowwzers5057]

And I thought my 70 hour weeks at my old job were brutal. At least I got 8-9 hours of sleep every night and I only worked during the day I am a former opioid and benzo addict and I went 7 days straight with 0 hours of sleep because of how brutal the withdrawals were. I started hallucinating until a doctor prescribed me Seroquil for sleep. I’m 5-6 years clean from opioids and benzos and I’m 8 days clean from Kratom

[@dehnnbvhumkok]

Residency sounds like hell 😂 what’s the point of these brutally long back to back hours? Genuinely curious. She works 3 weeks in a row with one random day off, how is that safe? How is that healthy? These residents are young & learning so much in this crucial time. Something needs to change, residents deserve better so they may perform better. Ridiculous

[@robbycharmed]

Thats what i was thinking, that can't be healthy for them cognitively. Like, I would be too sleep deprived to learn/retain anything.

[@crystalwahpoosywan]

Get rest eat drink live life to the fullest amen god bless you sweet dr Rachel

[@monicasalinas3348]

I love your videos , I want to be a doctor one day too and watching you motivates me

[@marie-piertheriault1226]

Thank you so much for all of the work you put on making these videos. You are so encouraging to listen too. You can do it.

[@erintrolley3074]

I matched into FM this year and my program doesn’t do nights or call and I’m so fkn thankful bc this seems like hell. I’m so sorry ❤😭

[@zhuzhupetlover6673]

Congrats on matching into FM!!! Wishing you the best on your journey!

[@Bcdf-ei9el]

That was so relaxing to watch....

[@leslier.1236]

I can’t imagine that those hours are healthy for anyone to continue to do. Like others have mentioned if there are minimum rest requirements for pilots and flight attendants there needs to be the same for doctors and nurses. I understand that health emergencies don’t care if you’ve been working for 40 hours straight but you know what? The human beings trying to diagnose you are just as important. Maybe people wouldn’t leave or be as stressed if they got actual rest.

[@mepplin3508]

forcing healthcare workers to work an unhealthy amount of hours is asking for medical errors. & of course the healthcare workers are likely to be the ones taking the bulk of the trouble if those medical errors do occur.

[@nickpalagonia3871]

always love your vlogs !! keep it up girl

[@allisonh8123]

Thank you for your hard work!!

[@AM.000]

Where your headache is located is often associated with neck and shoulder muscles. So I suggest you rule out neck and shoulder muscle tension for your headache before you move to more intense investigation of the cause of the headaches like CT or MRIs. I recommend a massage or physiotherapy as a first line treatment if it continues to persist, especially if it wakes you up from sleep. If you want to try something at home, try chin tucks and lying on the ground with a small rolled up towel in between your shoulder blades for 2-5 minutes trying to relax and stretch out your muscles.

[@Tsukshiro]

You went to sleep at like 8am and slept for

[@A---ti3zz]

And yet when I go to my doctor and tell them that I am sleeping 2-3 hours a night because of how much pain I am in they blow me off. People nap longer than I sleep in a night yet my doctors don’t give a crap. Why is it ok for me not to sleep but not them?

[@Tsukshiro]

@@A---ti3zz Are you entrusted with other peoples lives? Just wondering... I wonder if they had proper rest if your doctors wouldn't blow you off. hmmm.

[@Tsukshiro]

@@A---ti3zz are you also entrusted with peoples lives?

[@trowwzers5057]

@@A---ti3zzsame thing with me When I quit opioids and benzos, I went to a psych hospital that drugged me up even more and left even more addicted. I didn’t sleep for 7 days straight and suffered severe headaches, the inability to stop walking (I walked 20 miles a day), no appetite and a feeling that a hot skewer pokes your legs if you stop. I finally got prescribed Remeron which helped me sleep and gain my 30lbs back from the withdrawal. I took Kratom because it stopped my legs and I felt better Very recently, I quit my job and I was still addicted to Kratom and I contacted my doctor for some sleep meds. He didn’t reply for a week and I went 5 days straight with 0 sleep until he prescribed my Seroquil for a few nights. This happened this week lol

[@chasekelly22]

love the vlogs ❤️

[@zhuzhupetlover6673]

Always look forward to your videos Dr. Rachel! How are you doing?

[@PinkLadyDaria]

Yay, one of my favorite people on YT ❤❤❤

[@b.bendova1767]

I love your vlogs ❤

[@min-ky7sd]

i love hearing u talk you should start a podcast

[@endobyotic]

My worst headaches are hormonal. They started about a decade ago (in my mid 30s) but it took me until very recently to realize they always came right before my period; just not every month. Only time makes them go away 😞

[@christellesalomon]

congrats on 240k!!! to many more thousands of subscribers! thanks for sharing so much with us

[@RachelSouthard]

Christelle!! Thank you😊

[@bhopeful8275]

I am a mother of twins and appreciate you and enjoy watching your vlogs. I follow another KZbinr, Sara Dietschy who posted a recent YT vlog "My traumatic birth experience," the scariest birth journey I have heard. I encourage you to watch and would be curious if as an OB/GYN if her experience is possible or occurs often. Thank you Dr. Southard!

[@all4honor]

❤ can't wait! We better not see. BB in that oncall room Meredith i mean Dr Southhard 😅😅 Kidding

[@madisonheise]

When I had my son I got to the hospital at 8pm and he was born at 4:15am and my nurse was awesome and the midwife was amazing ! Night shift is not for the weak yet they were so attentive and calm. I think it helped I was 1 of 3 people having babies that night so they were not very busy

[@trowwzers5057]

My brother works the night shift as a nurse. Though, he only works 36 hours a week and he never misses sleep

[@sarahkane6853]

Why does the system abuse their doctors like this ? I genuinely want to know why they do these lengths of shifts with no time in between ? Is there a doctor shortage ?

[@HelloMoto_]

you’re telling me if you wanted to sleep 7 hours post shift and get something else done.. you technically can’t?!? (taking into account sign-out time, time driving home, showering and actually falling asleep) that is just plain cruel!

[@WildHeartedMama4]

I wonder if you were having a Migraine? I've been a Migraine sufferer since I was 8 (37 now). Mine always come on the right side with shooting stabbing pain, usually use my eye site in that eye as well. Enjoy your vlogs!

[@mosugamoney]

Unilateral throbbing headache lasting hours-days? Sounds migrainous in nature. Consider treating for that. Good luck!

[@gabriellegrell2537]

Will your responsibilities change going from a 1st year to a 2nd year?

[@chetsijoshi6560]

Hey Rachel loved the vlog...about the headache on right side u mentioned, i have the same kind frequently....what solution have you find?

[@Odiekins]

How do you function with different types of headaches? Like tension vs. migraine? I struggle with this.

[@aseg1827]

wow, nightshifts are way too loong!!

[@lmn13]

How many patients constitutes "full"? I have no hospital experience, would this be 10 labouring moms, 20, 30+?

[@icyburst4743]

It depends on the facility (how many rooms), typically 10-20 laboring moms. It gets really busy.

[@mirellagonzagadS]

Girl power ❤🎉😊

[@kateviele1828]

Orange cat serotonin 😊

[@stevenpaul5540]

I love you too ❤

[@JoseBarrios-bn7nx]

Wow, again can’t believe residency programs still operate like this. Horrible way to learn and incredibly dangerous for the patient. I hope your second year gets easier. I remember that each year that followed my intern year in family practice got easier. Brought memories of rotating through labor and delivery oncall at night. The beeper going off every 10 minutes with extension number “666”. Very appropriate for the long hellish night that awaited. 😊

[@nicksayers3285]

Nice work Rachel, should take it easy with your earnings from VCF 🙂

[@fionaruss9573]

How do you make your lattes?

[@doctorharry]

In the Building watching from Baltimore MD 😎😎😎

[@rnhim2072]

L&D units everywhere are getting slammed, people are having way too many kids than they can take care of without stretching themselves thin or going on assistance.

[@user-yj7es4iv2i]

certain special dates makes l&d active so they can have special bdays for their babies

[@jenniebusch3310]

Migraine it seems … excedrin helps or Fioricet if it’s tension. Poor poor Rachel. Migraines are terrible.

[@Withlove989]

Residency means house surgeon there ?

[@enelr5504]

Rachel you are incredibly strong and smart and you totally can do this...but this is NOT normal. How many days have gotten of work during the last month? How is this legal? Do they make you sign a petition stating that you dont care about labor laws? And your body is starting to show that its not happy. Hope your day off, at least, was relaxing 🙂.

[@BenjaminMaciel_MD]

Melatonin helps toooo sista.

[@Yankee4ever2]

I believe she mentioned she was taking it

[@stacylein2448]

Migraine headache

[@charlleedodson]

The whole time I’m going “have you had some water? Maybe you should try eating a few more meals.” I hope she’s ok

[@ahoward3819]

It isn’t a full moon quite yet. Yikes.

[@IK-fg4gw]

❤

[@DaltonsFriendswood]

What’s crazy is my husband is a high school teacher and coach and routinely works 18 hour days and doesn’t even get paid as much as a medical resident, let alone have the earning potential of a doctor after training. Super depressing.

[@smallcatbigmeow]

Hey not to be rude or anything but just curious why you think a teacher should earn the same as a doctor? Surely the level of knowledge required from a teacher is nowhere near the same compared to a doctor (who also has to make life or death decisions)

[@DaltonsFriendswood]

@@smallcatbigmeow oh I’m not saying that at all. I’m just saying that it’s crazy that at least a doctor has the earning potential to make the long hours somewhat worth it, but a teacher/coach is expected to often work the same type of hours that end up being way below minimum wage. Im not at lol saying they should make doctor money, but anyone that knows a teacher, and knows what they have to put up with thinks they should definitely make more money than they do.

[@ccmcclinton6138]

This is not healthy nor should it be legal

[@cynthiamartinez-d7e]

But you don’t need days off

[@RachelSouthard]

K

[@Odiekins]

Is this a real comment? Lol

[@cynthiamartinez6583]

@@OdiekinsI get two days off maybe one and it’s so miserable taking time off

[@Odiekins]

@@cynthiamartinez6583 Why?

[@cynthiamartinez-d7e]

@@Odiekins valid point there’s the 40 hour week book

[@larissa_7729]

If you were working for a minimum wage, you would not be able to afford that apartment

[@leahzeringue8935]

she works literally over 80 hrs a week. Her salary is not minimum wage if she were working 40 hrs, but she works double that....as a physician responsible for the livelihood of many people. To say it's not enough is an understatement

[@RachelSouthard]

^^^^^ that

[@zuza741]

❤