Day 30: The Pep Talk

I caught one of my co-interns post call and this is what he had to say about the experience:

Being on call is like that initial scene from Saving Private Ryan. The scene where they are storming the beach and something blows up near Tom Hank's ear and he loses his hearing and is looking at a silent scene of battle unfold in front of him. There is carnage, gunpowder, blood, gore, complete chaos. War.

And then all of a sudden he regains his hearing and immediately hears a loud explosion.

That is like being on call, and that explosion is your pager.

I'm on my first overnight call tomorrow.