Rule 2 - Never yell at the nurses (refer to Rule #1.)
Rule 3 - Don't hit patients or doctors-unless necessary.
Rule 4 - All fevers will eventually come back to normal on the way to room temperature.
Rule 5 - Don't vomit on the doctor!
Rule 6 - Death is a severe stage of shock, or shock is a pause in the act of dying.
Rule 7- All bleeding stops eventually.
Rule 8 - Remember, the problem is always better than the X-ray looks.
Rule 9 - You can't hurt a dead man.
Rule 10. - Everybody has to die sometime.
Rule 12 - Everyone gets treated exactly the same in here ---until he pisses you off.
Rule 13 - To be right is only half the battle; to convince the patient is more difficult.
Rule 14 - Uncommon manifestations of common diseases are more common than are uncommon diseases.
Rule 15 - The pain will go away when it stops hurting.
Rule 16 - Don't get excited about blood loss-unless it's your own.
Rule 17 - It doesn't matter what you do as long as it's right.
Rule 18 - If a patient has a catheter ---he needs it.
Rule 19 - In medicine, always remember never to say always and never.
Rule 20 - If the Nurse is smiling, she is going home, not giveng you good news.
