On Call with a GI Fellow: Going through every call I got last night 

i will literally never understand how medical professionals can talk so fast and still be fully understandable.

Bro, we need these videos consistently. Am a second year med student and I learned more in this video, than I have done in 6 weeks of lectures. Keep them coming

I'm not in the medical field, but I don't even blink trying to catch as much as I can 😅 I enjoy and learn so much from you. What a tremendous job, at the hospital and social media. Thank you and hi from Colombia 👏😊

I just had a moment of realisation... Being a Fellow, in GI, makes you a real life member of the Fellowship of the Ring :O (In my defense - i wish i was a kid, but i'm a 34 year old "adult" and this is cracking me up) Thank you for the education and entertainment Doc Schmidt!

Thanks for the vid Doc Schmidt! I didn't know about the rapid prep via NG tube so thanks for that learning point :) Also you got called quite a bit last night hope you can get some good rest :P Sad to hear about that liver patient, they are always tough cases especially when they aren't a candidate for transplant due to severe alcohol use. Sounds like you were able to help her feel a little better last night though! For any med students watching this video he brought up two highly "pimpable" questions that I was asked when I was in med school. The anatomical marker for where you delineate upper GI bleed vs lower GI bleed = ligament of Treitz (definitely will get asked this on your surgery or maybe medicine rotation!) The criteria for acute liver failure = encephalopathy + INR > 1.5!

I’m a GI nurse. Been in endoscopy for 8 years now. This video allowed me into a gastroenterologist’s night on call and thought process. I learned a lot! Thanks you!

Hey Doc Schmidt, current med student and hopeful future GI doctor. Loving this content and I love how succinct and palatable you make it for the general audience while also making it educational for those in the medical field. Keep doing what you're doing!

You’d been so good in academics! Thanks for your video

The GI bleeds are so scary! Knowing they can bleed out so quickly, it’s great to hear that your patient had a good outcome!! Great job and great video Dr Schmidt! :)

I’m a medical coder and I love being able to learn directly from Docs! Thanks so much.

Nursing student here. Just did a class test about GI conditions (GI was not exactly my speciality in terms of systems. Still love your videos tho. Super interesting and funny). I love your very simple explanation for acute liver failure and wish I had that quick run down before diving head first into lab values and pathophysiology. Thanks for this video super educational

This is so good to watch. I get patients in the ED as a nurse but I never find out what happens to them in the end once we send them elsewhere. I love your teaching style. Also, you saved that GI bleed guy's life - even though you weren't the IR doctor who directly treated the bleed, it was your management that led to it. I find that amazing, good on you! :)

Retired GI RN-sometimes I really miss this life. Very fast paced. I Enjoy your videos.

Wanted to say that I am grateful for GI fellows. They have saved me numerous times.

Ok. I can laugh at this cause it’s true: I was getting paracentesis done, my first time. (Bad liver and a broken heart). I joked that it felt like I was being shanked. The GI specialist was teaching a student; he did a poor job poor numbing then following the needle route. He stepped aside, and his attending’s name was Dr. Shank. 😁 And I’m hoping for a transplant. It’s scary. I needed the humor. Trust me, people do appreciate what you do. I take this very seriously. Flurosemide, lactulose, piles of vitamins and a wish and crossed fingers don’t do squat all by themselves ♥️🌻🐿. Thank you.

Loved it thank you! As a nurse that sometimes has to call you guys in the middle of the night it’s kind of cool to see all that you guys do overnight. Gives me a better appreciation and more grace when I don’t get the nicest of reactions at 3am 😂

Thank you for the fascinating consultation.

This was interesting to watch. I’m studying for my RN and found it very interesting to hear what the fellows are doing on -call during the night. Hope you do more like this.

That was interesting. Yes, please give us more of these. Thanks!

This video broke my heart because I was a GI nurse before leaving to travel. Hepatic issues are deadly. Most causes are preventable because (most) of our patients come from a history of alcohol abuse. Please- take care of your liver. Once it starts to go, there’s not much we can do.

I really like you. Thank you for educating so many. I work in healthcare and we need more like you.

Great run through of a busy night! The liver patient reminds me of myself unfortunately! At 31 after a life altering work place accident that literally took off the majority of my left forearm and hand and 8 day's into my hospital stay at Mayo, my liver kinda stopped working, I was on sooooo many med's of course, and I had the top liver specialists in my room saying I had to have multiple tests done and being at Mayo they do everything 24/7 so, I was whisked out in my hospital bed and traipsed all over the hospital and it turns out my promethazine was the culprit. I've had higher numbers before and was on that med before and I told the Drs to stop that nausea med and within hours my liver was doing much better. There's one issue no Dr has figured out though. I was finally sent home of course and my surgeon required me to have frequent blood tests, for infection and liver, and my blood either did not come out at all or came out like stringy slobber or like snot after a lot of crying! No one can give me a reason for that. Can you do a video on that?!?

Very interesting. It’s probably a good idea that I bailed on med school. I get cranky when I’m woken up at night. 🙂

As a nurse formally working for GI speciality clinic, I had no idea about the rapid colonoscopy infusion. Nor was I taught about how to differentiate between an upper an lower GI regarding the ligament that you named. I, too am grateful for your explanation regarding the livers role in clotting and how you were able to break it down, as I don’t remember or have forgotten what I learned in my pathophysiology class many years ago. As a result of your video, I will now keep a closer eye on those labs that I encounter. Thank you for making me a better RN for my patients and co workers.

Med/surg RN of 20+ years and I still found this helpful! Please do more of these!

These videos are wonderful! The more detail the better, as a new RN, it's great to be able to learn about these things, really helps to reassure patients.

I’m a medical student and I absolutely loved this video! Do more of these please😍😍😍 I found it very helpful and educational👍🏻 thanks Dr. Schmidt

This was great! Thanks for sharing. I don't know how docs do it being on call at night and having to work the next day. Hat is off to you. Keep up the great work! 😁

Very interesting video... amazing to know about your calls and pages...keep doing it...I have never really liked gi but after watching your I have really started to take interest in it... currently working in pulmonology... getting to know so many things I have forgotten and keen to know new things...love from Pakistan

40 yrs later and nothing has changed. Keep up the good humor and you might survive until retirement. But don't worry, no matter how busy you think that you are, it is 10 times busier when you're in practice. However your ability to deal with everything gets to be 10 times easier. 🤓🙋

Thanks, it really helps give a realistic insight into everything that is demanded of doctors. People really don’t realize…

Great shorts! Useful and fun! Thank you for sharing.

Thoroughly enjoy your videos. Awesome job keep up the amazing work.

Love these educational videos!! These cases are always interesting to hear as well as your educational input on them.

I'm learning Gastroenterology right now, so your videos are very helpful & interesting. Thank you, Doctor. I'm looking forward for the next ones!

Absolutely love your videos! Keep them coming!!

Love these longer videos. More to learn the merrier

Retired nurse here, such an interesting and educational video. Appreciate the humor in some of the other videos.

This is a great format! Look forward to seeing more

I enjoy learning how you deal with these diverse situations. I’d be interested in learning about your clinic days as well.

We need more videos like this one, very informative

I just love how u educate us. As well as your funny ones. A good doctor that can be serious excited and funny! U have me hooked

I love when you make longer videos!

Loved the video. You are typically so funny which is what makes me a regular viewer but this one was just as good if not better than those funny shorts. You do a great job explaining things.

Wow doc! great educational video. Do more of these please!

Solid content Doc, love it!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PASSIONATE LESSONS ABOUT GI AND YOUR WORK !!!!!

this was very interesting! im not going into medicine, but I still got hooked and enjoyed every minute.

Thanks for the experience.

You guys are amazing! Cheers from Vancouver Island.

yes!!!! this is exactly the video i have been wanting.

that was so interesting to listen to, thank you for the insight into the world of medicine ❤

Yes please, more would be great.

You are a great help Doc

Hi doc. I wish the doc’s that I work with are chill and nice as you. Thank you for your hard work and the laughs!

Definitely would like more of such videos!!

I am not in the medicine field but I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.

As an OR/Endo nurse, this was extremely helpful. Thank you!

Thats was a pretty fun and educational video! Would love to hear about more pages and consults.

This was so informative! Your summary totally helped with merging any knowledge gaps I had, and helped me see things from a Doc’s point of view. GI has never been my strong suit. So, any time a new video is up, I make it a point to watch it! Thank you! 💩

As a IBD patient you give such valuable insight into the other side of Crohn's - the doctor's side , and how your balancing so much work, keep doing what you do Ben your awesome

Really nice to get that type of content from you.

I’ve been in the lab and the transfer center! Great explanations! You seem like the kind of doctor I’d be happy to see was on call

Ugh so helpful! PA student about to start clinical rotations here and this is GOLD!

I just started coding and billing in a gastroenterology clinic. Watching your vids educates me some . I find them very interesting . Thank you for sharing. I also watched u on that coding channel I watch as well.

Loved the video please do more of these while making it more medically oriented

I really like these videos. I understand more what the profession really involve. Thanks

Love this! Thank you

Entertaining and educational at the same time 😄 Always love your videos Best wishes, and hope you still find the time to sleep with everything going on (juggling making these videos, the GI Fellowship, & Fatherhood)

Love your videos. As I have lots of issues makes me feel less crazy

Always interesting hearing about a night, or day. Human beings a fascinating creatures.

thanks a lot doc learned a lot from this vid! stay safe!

I am studying to be a nurse and was a EMT. These videos teach me more than those teachers. I love them! ❣️

This RN clinical documentation specialist was all ears! Great content.

I have learned so much from your videos! While I am a nurse practitioner in psych, my patients typically have multiple medical problems as well that they often mention to me. The knowledge I’ve gained from your videos has helped me to tell my patients that they should not ignore worrisome symptoms and seek medical care with GI. I appreciate your efforts and generosity in sharing your time and knowledge.

🚨 That was a busy night! Was a GI & Endo nurse that did Call 📞 🙈 Still have nightmares 😳 about missing the call or grabbing the huge piece of Chicken (Foreign Body) stuck in a Esophagus from dinner, at 2am. Very informative & well-spoken, learned alot👌 Thank you.

Thumbs up for good patient outcomes!

Love this kind of vid!

More of these please!

Thank you for the video! Very interesting!

Excelent video Bro. I'm on the last year of medicine school and i always wanted to be a gastroenterologist. This kind of videos makes me learn about the specialty but also increases muy desire to be a GI doctor

I liked this a lot! Better than a DITL type video. I'm a nurse and love this stuff.

That was so informative ❤❤❤ Thanks you so much.

Hi Doc Schmidt, I'm a medical intern from Malaysia! This is super helpful for me, if it's okay, please do more videos like this 😊

More of these please.

Random compliments but I really enjoy the pacing you speak at, thanks for your great videos! New nurse who works GI, endocrine, colorectal, and vascular so it’s a comedic learning experience watching these.

I really enjoy the insights into what life as a doctor is truly like, the sampling of the patients you see, etc. - really helpful as I want to go into medicine one day!

I really enjoyed this! Very interesting.

Im in my final year of med school in Argentina. A lot of what you say on your videos has come up on my exams and it’s so easy to remember once you’ve explained it or made a joke obout it. Plus they helped me a lot with english medical terms and acronyms like “PPI”, in Spanish it’s “IBP”.

Nsg student. Really enjoyed this. Good job Dr S.

Extremely helpful. Especialy the emobolization as I am working with IR right now. Truly amazes me how much can be done with IR.

Really interesting to hear about the call cases, we think of GI docs as just dealing with poop but it's a lot more than just that! ;-)

Great video. Keep doing you.

I appreciate all your info!! I have had gp for 20 years now had an ulcer explode inside me on September 19th and had emergency surgery:( I have no stomach and esophagus hooked to nothing at this time 3 months before we talk reconstruct surgery!!! I learn things from you that are helpful to me!! Thank you 😊

You're actually insanely good at dumbing things down, for a doctor.

Wow sounds very tiring. Thank you Doc Schmidt for sacrificing your time and sleep to help save lives!

Great video. Well done.

Sooooo much to learn thank you 😊

I have needed an MRI once in my life. I'd heard it was scary, loud and claustrophobic from so many people. I did an MRI of my head and felt absolutely fine. And it wasn't even that loud, and I have sensitive hearing. I wish I could lend out my MRI-calmness to all of the people who are scared of it...

I cannot imagine going to the hospital, being out of it from low blood pressure, and then being told, here, drink this and 💩 your brains out. 😱 Glad the patient was able to be helped in a different way. But, you gotta do what you gotta do to. Thanks for the informative video.