The Ophthalmologist and Jonathan Take Call

I’ll see him in clinic in the morning

[@FaceIntoKeyboard]

Once again, Emergency proves themselves to be the master of communication, even when thrown a curveball like actually getting an Opthalmologist on the phone.

[@renkio]

He struck the lottery. I can't get an ophthalmologist on the phone for anything. If I'm lucky, I get an email in 5 days asking "Got a missed call from you; was it important?"

[@roetemeteor]

So when I worked for C Spire, I was installing fiber optics and setting up internet for all sorts of customers and government entities. The one time in which I didn't get to install internet at all because I had to wait on the customer was for an ophthalmologist.

[@ryanc473]

This is such an underrated comment, holy crap

[@karenjones1]

I was an Ophthalmologist's scribe for years, and we pride ourselves on not letting anyone get hold of our boss, on the phone or otherwise!

[@hiltonian_1260]

“Body medicine.” The work that doctors do to make sure the eyeballs get what they need.

[@baildclark16]

The heart perfuses the eyes, after all.

[@hiltonian_1260]

@@baildclark16 Its only important function.

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

There’s also an entire Pamdora’s box full of diseases from psychiatry and neurology over rheumatology to oncology and more that may manifest in sudden eye problems (like transient blindness, flashes etc.), sometimes even predominantly as the first symptom that have to be treated as an emergency to preserve vision and/or general health

[@jasonpost913]

@@hiltonian_1260 it probably does other things. Hard to say.

[@hiltonian_1260]

@@jasonpost913 Have you been listening to nephrology again?

[@temi8087]

"Hi I'm the ophthalmologist, I'm on call, no really, I'm not joking, how can I help?" dying🤣

[@Rtt473]

😂😂

[@FrauDoktorDoctor]

So many laugh-out-loud lines in this one!

[@pandachance1]

The pancreas is getting angry and its not looking good 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@masterimbecile]

Dying sounds like a body medicine problem.

[@arthurcharap9713]

@@Rtt473 is that an ophthalmoscope in your pocket or are just glad to see me? vision is WNL is a good way to increase your malpractice courage. you don't need an eye chart , just some quantitative mesure of acuity. like your name tag at 20 feet or your zits at 10 feet. no glasses. try a pin hole and dial in the red or green number on that ophthalmoscope .try charging the handle while you are at it. it might take you almost 10 minutes to get the slit lamp out of storage and then just pretend its a horizontal microscope. Gentamicin drops went out with phrenology. you sent the patient home with topical anesthetic .you are so screwed!!

[@PianoLibra]

Seeing Emergency Medicine getting slowly annoyed even though they called the consult was such a breath of fresh air, I thought only Neurology was able to achieve that feat 🤣

[@BallsMahoney20]

The throwing the phone gesture when someone is talking nonsense on the other line is so relatable.

[@lilbatz]

@@BallsMahoney20 that, and laying the phone down on the table for a few minutes.

[@hockey1freak]

I had a ED doc get mad at me after he called me for a consult. I was telling him what im ordering on the phone (while ordering it in Epic) and he thought i was asking him to order it. When he realized i was in there hes all mad at me "if you're going to order it why you tell me then" :::facepalm:::

[@MohamedTarikRochdi]

Two ways, one end 😂

[@shermanikk]

Just once, I want someone to nod their head to me the way Jonathan does for the ophthalmologist. One day...

[@leafyveins4985]

We can dream...

[@angelinaflores8607]

* Nods head like Jonathan*

[@Joy21090]

It's a nod, but almost like a bow. A subtle little torso-nudging mini-bow. Agree?

[@dern6497]

Marry well

[@RFenaughty]

I have started doing this at work to my supervisor.

[@cardiacdrummer5443]

Reminds me of an ER doc that was playing bejeweled the whole time I was giving report, so I made a snarky comment at the end to get his attention. He looked up and repeated everything back to me and gave me his order. I gave him and impressive nod and said “Will do.” He then put on his readers in a cool guy fashion and slowly turned back around in his chair to dictate. I had plenty of good times/interactions with that doc after that.

[@DashingSteel]

I guess you got pretty bejeweled yourself

[@GlitchyPSI]

Bejeweled players are not to mess with

[@shieldphaser]

Pretty sure that should be an impressed nod. Or maybe your name is Jonathan, which would explain why your nodding is so impressive.

[@muhsalihu]

During a ward round whilst I was a resident, the prof stayed behind the rest of us by a few metres, looked disinterested and was just chit chatting with the senior nurses; then the most senior Professor and Chief of the division joined the round while we were on the ninth patient. The tradition in the division is that when a more senior consultant joined the round, the most senior person leading at that point who was present from the beginning gives him a summary of the patients that were seen before his arrival. The Prof that was chatting with the nurses being the senior gave the summary with out missing a beat or any important detail about any of the patients. I learnt never to mess up with him from that point onwards and also had to up my game.

[@resourceress7]

ADHD life hack. I'm willing to wager that many doctors with ADHD wind up in emergency medicine where it's easier to focus.

[@AznJsn82091]

An ophthalmologist being on call simply means being on a phone call. - an ophthalmic scribe 🙂

[@0Jenna7]

Johnathan!

[@chulent6875]

The hospital dragged theirs in within an hour for an exam when I was hospitalized, and he was so cool about it, too.

[@maritaandcats]

Wow. So Saturday morning on my 28th birthday my chicken pecked me in the eye. I went to the tiny local ER and I’m pretty sure I was the only patient there. Once they had me back in a room, I waited three hours before the ophthalmologist came and saw me. Yes, HE CAME AND SAW ME. At the time I was annoyed it took him so long, but now I realize I received the greatest honor of my life. Who knows what the on call doc had to do to get him in. I witnessed a miracle. I am humbled.

[@samsungnvA51]

Did you go to the ER with the chicken or without?

[@maritaandcats]

@@samsungnvA51 🤣 Without, unfortunately. Probably better for the chicken, because I wasn’t feeling too charitable towards her at the time.

[@lisajohnson5516]

This is exactly why I never go near my chickens without glasses on 🤣🤣

[@maritaandcats]

@@lisajohnson5516 actually I was wearing glasses--she got around them! 😝

[@timdowney6721]

You broke a record run of days w/o an ophthalmologist visit to the ER? You should feel shame. 😂

[@anna-maymoon1001]

"The kidneys are picking sides" sent me 🤣🤣🤣

[@paulab2242]

They go for whichever side will screw over the heart the most.

[@margodphd]

@@paulab2242 well well seems I found my kidney, how are you doing after being separated from the rest of the body medicine things? 😂

[@CryoHaze]

Sometimes it's hard to distinguish if these are skits or not because that acting is on another level.

[@matt566]

That'll happen when we have a movie star that happens to instead be a doctor on youtube. This guy got 700k subs for good reason.

[@Deanzphx]

There's nothing new under the sun. It's real and it happens

[@jutton11]

The man is literally talking to himself, wuddya mean its hard to tell if its a skit or not? Do you think that man has several hundred twins who are all also doctors?

[@maddiejo85]

@@jutton11 lmao he's the real life Nurse Joy 🤣

[@CryoHaze]

@@jutton11 it's a hyperbole to compliment his performance. I enjoy how into the characters he gets.

[@drananth]

"5843 days since an ophthalmologist was here" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That got me reeling!

[@Joy21090]

16 years and 3 days...

[@zidanetribal1406]

@@Joy21090 you forgot to account for leap years. It’s just barely under 16 years actually

[@Joy21090]

@@zidanetribal1406 Could be. I used an online calculator that I think is trustworthy. It may or may not be programmed correctly. I won't argue with you about it.

[@IanHobday]

@@Joy21090 16*365 = 5840... So no accounting for leap years. I made the same mistake!

[@aappelman5639]

I’ld like to see the number for a dermatologist

[@WordyGirl90]

This channel continues to prove that my time seeing an ophthalmologist at insane o’ clock in the morning in the ER was such a miracle. It also explains why the doc was grumpy.

[@dorabora2439]

This is the best one ever. I'm an ED doctor and this is so accurate!!! My exact reaction when a specialist answers the phone, who actually asks me details... and the long "made-up words" 🤣 And yes, going back to play instead of trying to do a test that I never even heard of 🤣🤣🤣

[@sirbassoon1844]

Reminds me of my accountant. The man was sleeping during a seminar. Lecturer asked him to repeat the last segment. Perfectly recapped the last 10min and answered the follow up question. Closed his eyes immediately when the lecturer went on. Guy was not human sometimes

[@lonelydogclub]

He was not sleeping. Some people just learn from listening.

[@elyisus8145]

Maybe his name was Jonathan

[@DemonicNightmare]

You know a real-life Jonathon o:

[@sirbassoon1844]

@@DemonicNightmare my accountant let’s Jonathan look lazy

[@RWZiggy]

@@lonelydogclub I hear radio playing or people talking nearby as part of my dream. sometimes that dream might be I can't get the radio to turn off or for volume to turn down, even even when unplugging it in dream 8D... but after waking I can recall the news or conversion.

[@doctorditman]

I’m a retired family doc. One time about 10 years ago I had a patient who I thought was having a posterior vitreous detachment. She was the last patient of the day at about 5:45 pm on a Friday. I wanted to at least touch bases with the ophthalmologist on call both for the patient’s (and my) peace of mind. I called his office and the office was understandably closed so I left a message with his answering service for him to give me a call at my office where I was still seeing patients. Thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called again. Meanwhile the patient was waiting in the exam room and I asked my medical assistant to stay late as I never had a female in the office without another female employee present and in sight. another thirty minutes went by- no return call. I called a third time and told the answering service that I and my medical assistant were going to drive the patient in my own car to his home and we would be waiting in the driveway for him. I received a call back within 5 minutes. He was at his son’s Little League game. (I was never able to get to those.) Anyway, after a discussion and reassurance he agreed to see the patient at his office first thing Monday morning. Everything was duly noted in my chart and I told the patient to take it easy over the weekend and I gave her my cell number to call if her vision worsened.

[@Alex-fc8xn]

Sounds like all of your patients were lucky to have you, you really went above and beyond. My childhood family doc dismissed all of my health problems, but when I switched to a new one a few years ago I really lucked out. I have so many health issues to work through because of the years of neglect, so he schedules a call every month on Mondays because that's the day where he does paperwork from home and knows that it'll be fine even if the call goes over an hour, because it means we can address everything and get a bunch done in one appointment! I often end up finishing the appointment with a change to meds/dosage and at least one referral or requisition. Thank you for actually caring for your patients. The world needs more family doctors like you. More family doctors in general, tbh, y'all are so overworked especially in countries like mine with public healthcare which doesn't pay nearly as well as private

[@brounwynsmith848]

Well, thank God for you!

[@brounwynsmith848]

Oh, just realized but of course, your a family doc❤

[@BruceGinkel]

@@Alex-fc8xn ya im sure his son appreciated it with nobody at his little league games lol

[@Alex-fc8xn]

@@BruceGinkel they aren't necessarily an only parent, and I bet this hypothetical son would be far more proud and grateful to have a parent who has doubtlessly saves thousands of life than if they showed up to sports games which don't matter that much in the grand scheme of things. Doctors can still find ways to show their family that they love and appreciate them, even if it's a profession with little free time to spend with family. Actually my family doc is a dad and I'm sure he's doing just fine because I know they get vacations, go sledding, camping, hiking, and spend plenty of time together. Because his family came over from another country with different weather patterns (UK vs north america with hotter summers and colder winters) I sometimes will give suggestions or ask how they're doing with the weather, so I've heard some vague details and know enough to say that, though he maintains a professional distance and I don't pry for details 😊 his family and patients are lucky!

[@Em-ih5du]

Damn, that man is such a good actor. That silent "you m*f*ker" while waving the phone in frustration is gold xD

[@paulshuttleworth6261]

I got the neurologist in at 5 am once, had to meet him in the carpark and physically take him to the patient. He then fell asleep whilst examining the patient, we didn’t know if it was kinder to wake him, or let him nap for a bit.

[@infernox1099]

As someone who knows nothing about medical things, I am inclined to believe all these sketches as truth, especially when I read the comments and everyone is laughing at things I don't understand or going "yeah, I feel that"

[@JimYeats]

While over the top of course for humor, the vast majority is accurate at the core.

[@user-mg4cn6wm1u]

I work tangentially to medicine, everything I've learned so far about medicine matches up with these sketches.

[@abby_unhinged]

I work with multiple specialists in a hospital. It's pretty darn accurate! 😆😕

[@rcranes2227]

The general idea that the sketches are based on are very much accurate. Eye stuff is foreign to almost every other doctor. The sketch makes ER maybe seem a bit lazy, but they also have a massive volume of patients and wouldn't get through them if they didn't turf things out and move on to the next patient. The anesthesia stuff also. The sudoku isn't real, not myself or any of my anesthesia partners do sudoku, but we all either read a book, read the news, play chess, or do something to keep our minds somewhat alert when there's nothing going on in a long surgery (staring at the vital signs screen is actually rather hypnotic).

[@leabugmp]

@@rcranes2227 you also gotta mention that half the time the ophtho equipment in the ER is broken so they can't check much anyway! Lol

[@Beep42]

Kidneys went rogue and became extremists after liver got damaged from all that alcohol. You don't wanna know what the spleen did in 2021...

[@sistakia33]

Thank goodness the one time we needed Opthalmology they came! Of course my daughter's eye was suddenly bulging out her head so technically everybody came that night! But still... I'm very grateful because after my daughter was admitted Opthalmology consulted with colleagues across the country and figured out that it was pressure building up that was literally dislodging my daughter's eyes. That's Jonathan type dedication and service! (Her eyesight was saved by a quick spinal tap to relieve the pressure while blood thinning medication broke up the blood clot causing the pressure!)

[@madyjules06]

hope your daughter is feeling better

[@sistakia33]

@@madyjules06 Oh yes. This was years ago. Thank you for asking! 🌷

[@Travel_with_Gigi]

Oh my goodness that must have been so scary for her!! I'm so glad you had a team around that cared and you were able to get everything sorted out. I hope your daughter is doing better now! 💜💜💜

[@sistakia33]

@@Travel_with_Gigi She is better although we discovered that she will always have to watch out for it happening again.

[@sandeepdavid846]

As an ED physician myself....I concur with everything here 😂

[@hbl142]

Me too, except we have an ophthalmology residency in house so they always come in

[@belgianmalinoit9665]

When the spatula came in from offscreen so he could sample the garlic - I thought I would was going to fall out of my chair laughing.

[@Sutefan7]

Jonathan coming in hard with the legendary head nod.

[@chulent6875]

I will forever be grateful for the ophth who agreed to come in right away as they were scheduling me for immediate brain surgery to address IIH. He was a sweet older man who told me during the exam that he had bought tix for a rare movie date with his wife, but that it was okay to reschedule his day. He let neuro know that it was okay to address my dwindling vision with medication and see how I responded before putting a shunt in my brain (a surgery that neuro bullied me into and didn't fully explain before scheduling). Several years later I'm still vision impaired, but not blind as neuro insisted I would be, and after reading up on the surgery after discharge, I'm so thankful I didn't have it done. Ophthalmologists are heroes!

[@anonymousrdz]

You just made up those words, and the liver is fighting the spleen had me dying 😂

[@lagunagirl1347]

‘’… and the kidneys are picking sides.” 😂🤣

[@themamasquirrel7274]

That actually sounds like Chinese Medicine. Liver often overreacts or invades Spleen. It looks like digestive issues resulting from stress. I started rattling off a bunch of acupuncture points in my head, then nodded when he mentioned Kidneys. Of course! Water is Mother of Wood! Dont mind me, I'll just go back to my corner now.

[@lambentlamprey]

@@themamasquirrel7274 Chinese medicine sound cooooollll 😀

[@themamasquirrel7274]

@@lambentlamprey Thank you. I find it fascinating to view the body from a holistic perspective. It is like geometry instead of algebra. We diagnose by interview, so a lot of symptoms can get treated at once. I have never seen a person leave a health care office as peaceful as after acupuncture. I call it acuphoria.

[@povilzem]

Once again, I'm immeasurably thankful to our hospital for keeping an ophthalmology resident perpetually locked in a tiny dark room in the ER as part of the "learning process". I can just shove the kid in through the door and go back to doing my job.

[@jonirnmomba4130]

I’m an ER nurse… and I can confirm the ER doc is on point.

[@doseckes3183]

bike bro

[@srinidhikurella1743]

"Kidneys are picking sides, it's a mess" THIS SHOULD BE ON A T-SHIRT 😂

[@liebeundhasst926]

I am currently studying eye disorders and i'm happy that i understood at least half of those 'made up' words

[@jareds561]

🤣🤣🤣. “The spleen is fighting the liver… kidneys picking sides… the pancreas is getting really angry” 🤣🤣🤣

[@jennderqueer]

And Jonathan cooks, too. I need a Jonathan - is there a store, or...?

[@amoral_minority]

I think they banned those in 1865 🤔

[@jennderqueer]

@@amoral_minority taking it a little too seriously but okay

[@brillopower1492]

I think you have to be an Opthomalogist

[@jennderqueer]

@@brillopower1492 lol damn my luck

[@stephanielynn9808]

I think it's next door to where all Janets are made

[@dhairyap.9866]

Jonathan's CV must be really impressive.

[@ghvjvkjhvhj]

Yes. His CV is head nod printed on piece of paper.

[@gill426]

I love the cozy feeling between the ophthalmologist and Jonathan. It's both hilarious and like family. 😄👨‍🍳 Jonathan's backstory is still a mystery that fascinates me. I just love the acting in general, it feels so real that even the reflections in the glasses and on the screen sometimes don't take away anything from the cinematic reality. 😎😊

[@traillesstravelled7901]

Used to work with a a dude who would ask my opinion, then argue no matter what. He was going to do what he wanted, but was used to arguing about it, and felt like it was wrong if I someone agreed with him.

[@OverpepperedSoup]

When I was a kid I had to have an emergency visit to the Ophthalmologist to have little spikes from a chestnut husk removed from my cornea. (don't look up at a chestnut tree during a wind storm!) I saw him the morning after it happened.

[@shieraseastar9300]

I'd watch a whole series of silent cooking shows starring Jonathan 😂❤

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

Just holds up each ingredient to the camera, nods, and starts mixing them while staring into your soul

[@celinetorres1]

Thank you, video provided both laugh and tears. Mental health support and eye lubrication in one video. Well done! well done!

[@danneyland]

My uncle recently had some flashes in his vision and was scared that his retinal tear (last operated on in 2008) was tearing again. Immediately called the Opthalmology's office (I was excited that I knew it would be Opthalmology thanks to these skits), and waited for them to call back with instructions while he rested. An hour later we heard back from them, and the doctor had the opinion that it was just stress on the eye and to come see him bright and early Monday morning (this was a Sunday evening) just to be sure. Sure enough, it wasn't tearing and it was fine. I just thought it was humourous because it definitely matched these skits' theme of Opthalmology not working outside of regular hours 😂

[@emperor8716]

this reminded me that ophthalmologists do actually know some things 😂

[@zacharyboyden1632]

I love that Emergency Medicine has Ferry Halim's Winterbells on his device. Simplistic game. Soothing music.

[@lle.5583]

The silent tantrum killed me. I had to replay that part several times, omfg

[@paulab2242]

As someone who worked in an ER, it was perfect. I've seen that exact silent tantrum from the docs SO many times. XD

[@Leaveyouinstitches]

Way to throw around some sweet opthalmologist terminology. Could be real, could be made up, but sounds great regardless.

[@EthanMitch]

In true ophthalmology fashion, the truth is way funnier than fiction

[@thewallsspeaktome3507]

As a psychology student (I know why would a psych student need to know this) I can confirm at least some of these words are real

[@pjp9383]

@@thewallsspeaktome3507 I recognize some of the words from mt Sensation and Perception class too!

[@Ashleynichole8712]

As someone who has had several retina detachments(I have a retina disease) and who actually has a scleral buckle. I can verify these are real words. Even if they sound fake 🤣

[@EthanMitch]

For anyone who wants to learn: Cells in the anterior vitreous - the vitreous is the jelly in the back of the eye in front of the retina. Pigmented cells in the front part of the jelly is a sign of a tear or hole in the retina Pars Plana vitrectomy with a scleral buckle - to fix any retinal issues, most surgeries require a removal of the vitreous jelly (vitrectomy) through incisions at the Pars Plana (a line that could be drawn on the outside of the eye that is in front of the retina but behind the iris) A scleral buckle is a sort of belt for the eye that you can use to bring the wall of the eye closer to the retina Ophthalmic biomicroscopy is a stupidly fancy name for looking at the eye with our fancy microscope (the slitlamp)

[@morecoffeeNOW]

I fully approve of how Emergency searched through the patient's chart 😁. Did you see how skilfully he jumped between "entries"?

[@surgerystudio7654]

🤣🤣👏🏽good one

[@horschiday9449]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Mosamania]

The ER doc would actually tell the Optha to come in, chart the "informed time" and set up a ticking clock to count down the clock when he gets to make a "Forced admission" from the ER when it rings.

[@TheYangnyin]

Not mine lol I lost half my vision in one eye, the ER doc didn't see anything, told me to set up an appointment with the ophthalmologist *sigh* (temporary venous constriction, likely related to migraine)

[@livelife2324]

I hate Dr G for being the reason why everyone's gonna want to do ophthalmology in the years to come

[@aamsergie]

There will be opthamologists on every corner and no body medicine docs

[@AmbiambiSinistrous]

I'm kicking myself now for not listening to my uncle who suggested I go into opthalmology back when I was a teenager. Now I'm a lawyer and I'm stressed out of my mind.

[@murraysolomon4924]

Ophthalmology since ancient times (the 1970s) has been known as a license to print money. It has been a very popular specialty since well before The House of God.

[@knosis]

Opthalmology is one of the ROADE specialities that were traditionally known to be chill and make a ton of money. Radiology Opthalmology Anesthesiology Dermatology Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine has fallen out of favor with med students since COVID though.

[@christinewong8436]

The kidneys are picking sides 😂

[@Morkvonork]

I hate when that happens.

[@Mia24601]

I'm still laughing over that!

[@lilbatz]

Bean Buddies are throwing hands!

[@christinewong8436]

@@lilbatz 😆😆😆

[@DavidaVeddar]

I woke my daughter up laughing so hard- spleen fighting the liver had me in full blown asthma attack as I was already cracking up from about 15 seconds in…. So rough morning tomorrow but worth it. Jonathan, please show the good doctor this comment. Also, I need strabismus surgery due to exotropia diplopia- and the surgery has me so freaked out I seriously only want Dr Glaucofleken 👁 ❤️

[@SallySue9725]

My favorite part is how the ER doc reacts after the ophthalmologist says Jonathan is preparing his dinner and he’s answering his own pages lol

[@cor289]

“the pancreas is getting angry it’s not looking good” is how i’m going to end every conversation from now on

[@jerrykinnin7941]

2 words Explosive Diarrhea

[@daniellequast2816]

Legit had a patient this weekend with a right eye infection. Ophthalmologist told me it was necrotic, perforated and to assess for "eye contents" that would potentially "shoot out". Plan was surgery on Monday. I have never been so cautious with a patient in my life... the 2 things that I will never be comfortable working with as a nurse are eyes and phlegm. Keep up the good work Ophtho....

[@ronin1914]

As an aspiring ER doc, I plan to have a Opthalmology cheat sheet list before paging. It'll write, "Say these words to get them seen Not tomorrow' (i) central retinal artery occlusion/CRAO or (ii) globe rupture or (iii) syphilis conjunctivitis. Make sure to add the word I THINK it's ______ and then remember to nod at Johnathan.

[@bluberry6511]

The words 'globe rupture' strikes fear in all OR staff! ALWAYS an emergency and never gonna be a good outcome

[@dorabora2439]

As an ED doc... 3 months into the job and you will know every single magic words to all specialties 😝😆

[@dr.b3652]

I tried the globe rupture once telling her that the patient's pupil was misshapen,but she(an ophthalmologist) just yelled at me for calling her at 3 A.M,and told me to send the patient to the eye clinic in the morning then cut the call

[@SavedCurls7]

Ahhh, it's so true. I had to go to the ER. Phone consult with the ER doc was spot-on. The opthalmologist was truly patient and concerned for my well-being... Then saw me in clinic in the morning. 👀

[@the_black_swordsman7184]

Honestly, when you make a referral and that specialty's doctor asks you to do a whole bunch of tests which are not required or ever even really done in any other situation or outside of their clinics, for the sake of making your life more difficult and wasting time so that they won't accept the referral, it is so infuriating. And it's usually things that we never test for/do, and then if you ask them to explain why that's required they just say something along the lines of, "are you questioning me?", and you always have to say no because you want to make a referral afterwards. Medicine at its best.

[@mikeyhealy96]

Jonathan is Sautéing the garlic 😂😂

[@ghostderazgriz]

In french 'é' is the past tense suffix equivalent of 'ed' like in 'moved' or 'climbed'. Fun fact: Sauté is often used by both the English and the French to mean pan frying food, but professional french cooks will likely wince at this definition knowing because sauté is a different cooking method all together.

[@andishae2699]

Emergency medicine sounded as bad ass as always. I cannot allow Jonathan to cook, nope, not happening. Sudden increase of the ophthalmology was the real twist in this show

[@JoeyVSupreme]

“So, what’s the issue?” “Can I talk to Jonathan, he just knows what to say?” *quiet nod*

[@Debbie338]

“Yeah, I don’t know what that means.” As a General Practice vet, this is me talking to the UF Ophthalmology Department when I want to refer a patient.

[@differnet]

I just recently had a vitreous detachment. And the major floater that I now have is driving me nuts.... but at least I actually kind of understand this video in a way I would not have a few weeks ago.

[@sophierobinson2738]

I always have floaters. Way back in the late 60s, I got a Superman floater. I used to “fly” him back and forth across my visual field. He finally disintegrated about 20 years ago.

[@FacundoMD]

Amazing as an ER doc that very accurate. I would say we would have done our Slit lamp exam as well as a Bedside ocular Ultrasound. And call so that they can see him in the AM. Brilliant as always. ANd sadly yes people actively dyign in th ED we dont have that time to talk on the phone.... STAY safe all ! I hope to make videos soon again. So busy :( !!!!!!

[@BelalAlDroubi]

"The spleen, it's fighting the liver" 😂😂🤣🤣

[@celiaosborne3801]

I agree, angry pancreas can indeed be very scary

[@dillsha9599]

Uk Optometrist here, had a patient who was seen by A&E (emergency department) for flashes and floaters, told nothing was wrong. He came in a day later to see me as he was concerned, took one look with my volk lens and saw his retina flapping around! (he's fine now, referred directly to ophthalmology). I think people don't see opthalmology as very important but most people would rather lose an arm than go blind.

[@wakelamp]

An Optometrist/Orthopist/Ophthalmology detected, analysed, and fixed my strabismus and gave back my 3d vision. Maybe not an arm, but being able to see as others see is wonderful. And knowing that the surgeon had done 4000 of these procedures was awesome

[@riorio982]

Jonathan, if you're really looking to imbue your dish with lots of garlic flavor, I would throw the garlic in towards the end instead of sauteing it. The reason is that sometimes sauteing it can make it burn/taste bitter Sauteing onions in advance might be a better option.

[@nikkiewhite476]

ah it depends on what kind of garlic flavor you want. If you want the sharp pungent raw flavor, mince the garlic finely, sprinkle it with kosher salt and use the flat of the knife to grind the garlic and salt on the cutting board into a fine paste. Scoop it up and leave it in a small dish for the enzymes to develop the full flavor for 10 minutes. add at any stage of cooking. If you want a mellow nutty garlic flavor... Trim the tops off the bulb of garlic, about ½ a cm. drizzle with good Olive oil and balsamic vinegar, wrap in heavy foil then bake at 350f till soft. squeeze out of skins after it cools, mash and add to any dish as needed... or eat it with a spoon. Or smash/mince/slice/boil/saute/Deep fry/Shallow fry/eat raw/Ailoi/BURN your garlic as you prefer it! It is all about your preferences Jonathan... um the Ophthalmologist preferences... do you even eat Jonathan? How do you know what the food tastes like before you serve it?

[@WordyGirl90]

@@nikkiewhite476 that’s why he gives it to the ophthalmologist to taste!

[@NorseForse]

@@nikkiewhite476 "...do you even eat Jonathan?" I prefer my Jonathan slow roasted all day and sprinkled with kosher salt & cracked pepper *right* out of the oven.🤤 With or without a crucial comma.🤭 (Couldn't resist. Not sorry!🤣)

[@nikkiewhite476]

@@NorseForse *snrk* ahh well mobile devices don't always type what you tell them and I spend way to much time on Tumblr. Good giggle though! 😁

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

@@nikkiewhite476 Careful you can get a headache from eating too much of the roasted mashed garlic, I don’t fully know why.

[@austinpayne9996]

I’m still convinced that Emergency Medicine is the best doctor in this hospital outside Family Medicine

[@BelalAlDroubi]

"I really think you made up all those words" 😂

[@jennybarton6057]

This is brilliant. I love the fact that it translates perfectly to hospital culture in the UK (including the cycle helmet) and, I suspect, just about anywhere in the developed world!

[@MsSgent]

Some of his stuff is US specific (insurance battles, etc.), but a lot of the issues regarding doctor/doctor interaction and patients seem universal -- in many cases even in the developing world.

[@slook7094]

I have posterior vitreous detachment. The floaters are really annoying. Now I have to pay a retinologist every 6 months for him to tell me "yup, everything's fine." At least his retina scan shows exactly what I see and proves that it's not just regular floaters and I'm not crazy. I overhear the other patients in the waiting room and he gives them pretty much the exact same spiel as me. Turns out most retinologist's patients are PVD. So based on what my doctor tells me to watch out for, flashes + floaters could be retinal detachment and is very bad.

[@ahmedgo6139]

The pause before 'come in' 😂😂😂

[@OneKindWord]

I was once sent from Emergency to an adjacent medical building to see an Ophthalmologist and when I was examined she said my eyes were in spasm; I was having my first ever migraine. No Jonathan was seen in the clinic.

[@rosemarie6257]

I was just hired as a scribe for an ophthalmologist! I have BECOME JOHNATHON

[@jennifersykes6824]

Seriously might be my favorite one yet. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@jimbelter2]

That's one sure fire way to tick off the ER doc, talk to the actual ophthalmologist and get nowhere. I just love how ER got him off the phone, that struggle was too good

[@frency5671]

Ophthalmologist: "I need Jonathan! I'm nothing without him". Emergency medicine: "If you're nothing without Jonathan, then you shouldn't have him". I just think the ophthalmologist entered the full relax mode since Jonathan misteriously entered his career. I wonder how was he before that. Was he a normal doctor? Who was Jonathan? Maybe we'll discover their story in other episodes.

[@wesnohathas1993]

Wouldn't one have to be a Johnathan to one day become an ophthalmologist?

[@frency5671]

@@wesnohathas1993 Hmm! This would imply that every ophthalmologist is a former Jonathan!

[@janegardener1662]

Jonathan evolved from the photographer which every ophthalmologist has on staff.

[@dr.pavanacharya3877]

You know things are serious when the pancreas is getting angry 😂😅

[@Meaxis]

The fact that you actually are an opthalmologist and can have this level of auto-derision is just... incredible. I've been following you for a year, no disappointments especially with the new series, keep up the great work

[@iquemedia]

the only time I've ever had an ophthalmologist on the phone is when they called me it's not a good situation to be in lol edit: I was very quickly going blind double edit: I was very thankful to have received the call :)

[@97bharathm]

Who else nods unconsciously in sync with Jonathan 😂😂 I do..

[@DrEsky914]

OK I laughed out loud through that entire sketch!! Its SPOT ON!! ED never wants a discussion, just get Your A$$ down here!

[@micheleparker3780]

I'm dyin'... "Yeah, I'm pretty sure you just made up those words..."🤣😂😂🤣

[@pembrokelove]

The way you almost vomited when you said “come in” was just. Perfect.

[@hurtsyangel4654]

"yea idk what that means" is so accurate 🤣

[@sheilavillamil2193]

Poking fun at yourself. I love it!

[@LordRunty]

One day shy of 16 years since an ophthalmologist was there? I need to know if there is some deeper, hidden meaning to this!

[@TaiChiKnees]

My old chairman, Morton F Goldberg, told us residents there were only two real ophthalmologic emergencies (CRAO and lye burn), and if you didn't get to them within 9 seconds it was over anyway. So yeah, the morning is fine.

[@ryanc473]

Pancreas is getting angry... Just saying, as I was told, the three rules of general surgery are: 1. Eat when you can. 2. Sleep when you can. 3. DON'T FUCK WITH THE PANCREAS. Turns out, an angry pancreas means a patient being slowly digested from the inside, which, well, is less than ideal and requires a significant amount of body medicine to manage. And I included the actual wording the general surgeon I was shadowing used, because even though in my experience surgeons apparently swear like proverbial sailors in the OR, this particular general surgeon I hadn't heard use a term as offensive as the relatively innocent "crap" when he laid out these rules for me. Was the only time I'd ever actually heard him swear lol, so, it really did stick with me as a result.

[@sophiathore3538]

Once in the emergency room I saw an elderly patient who was very upset i could not generate an on call ophtalmologist. They tried to force me to talk to their own private ophtalmologist who was in a country in a completely different part of the world. That was ... interesting XD

[@bumblebaa2327]

the kidneys are picking sides! this is no joke to me. Beany bags meany bags!

[@lilbatz]

I felt that "I'm so screwed, and I need throw this fawking phone before I murder someone!" ER doc is going straight to heaven when he leaves this rock.

[@booplesnootle6212]

No wonder when I had an eye emergency as a kid they made me wait until the morning to see (Insert joke here about not seeing bc my eyelids being swollen shut) an ophthalmologist lol. Orbital cellulitis was a lot of fun, lots of goop in and out of my eyes and multiple vision tests a day with vitals. I still get sties a couple times a year bc I'm prone to them for some ungodly reason, and I'm always paranoid it's gonna happen again

[@jenniferryersejones9876]

I had styes frequently as a child, but once I hit my teens, a looong time ago, never got them again. Good luck!

[@alecity4877]

I almost had a heart attack laughing when I saw the spatula. now thinking how would the cardiologist would react to that expression.

[@feha92]

Was really shocked to see someone still playing ferry hallim's Winterbells (mostly cause it was flash)! Wow, nostalgia.

[@punchkitten874]

Not all hospitals have modern equipment :/

[@Jake-fy1pn]

Fun fact, I’ve never seen an ophthalmologist as an imaging tech in 7 years working. I don’t know if they even exist in hospital walls or anywhere for that matter, literal unicorns!

[@marymeola2810]

I was at an appointment today and the physician had a Jonathan! I just nodded. LOL.

[@skeptikz009]

im a chef and i think Jonathan did a good job with sauteing the garlic! the good old spatula test

[@Omnicloud7strife]

If I was Emergency, I’d say, “I dunno. It’s possible his eyeballs are squares. Could you come check?” Just to mess with him.

[@agvu21]

Truth be told though, we're supposed to know how to use a slit lamp! It's in our book even! 4 pages of it

[@echognomecal6742]

Today I played a game & gave myself the name "Loyal Scribe" in tribute

[@deemandude6131]

As an intern, once saw 3 different Ophtha emergencies in one night, the Ophthalmologist was so pissed to get that many calls

[@sarahcorley9872]

As a third year internal medicine resident in the ED one night around 2 am, we were on our 12th admission of the night, tag teaming the exam with the intern. Because it was an elderly alcoholic with pancreatitis, we kept the patient steady by placing our thumb and index finger on the brow and cheek while using the ophthalmoscope. Everything was in focus and suddenly it was not, I looked down and saw the eye hanging out of the socket. It slowly sucked back in. On the phone immediately to the ophtho resident. Of course he did not come in, just said the muscles get lax when they are old and it will be fine since it went back in place. And he went back to sleep. I can still get the creeps from the image 30 years later.

[@christinae30]

Ooooh The mixture of; good it isn't that bad, and, did I just see that and how can it not be really alarming

[@userou-ig1ze]

you should do one about Neurologists and emergency medicine and ordering MRIs

[@gabriellarosenfeld3545]

The vomit reflux when suggesting he could come in 😝