24-hour Health Center care
one of UNL’s best-kept secrets
By David Holloway
Senior Reporter
The night medical services at the
University Health Center are proba
bly the best kept secret at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, said Dr.
Miiton Fowler, night doctor at the
center.
4 ‘It’s kind of comforting for a stu
dent to know that there is a 24-hour
hospital service for them if needed,”
Fowler said.4 We get freak accidents
in here all the time.”
Fowler said he has treated ail types
of cases during his night shifts, in
cluding one student who spilled
bleach in his eye and one who got a
fish bone caught in his throat. He said
the most common cases are students
being careless with alcohol.
7 love what I’m
doing. It just takes
a while to get use
to the lack of
sleep.'
—Fowler
“On an easy night, I can sec any
where from five to six patients a
night,” Fowler said. “On a busy
night. I’ve seen 15 to 20 students.”
Fowler, who is a University of
Nebraska Medical Center pediatri
cian resident, has been a night doctor
at the center for 1 1/2 years. He said
that before he can become a board
certified pediatrician doctor by the
State of Nebraska, he must complete
three years of residency practice.
“I’m moonlighting at the center
for the extra money,” Fowler said.
“It’s just an option. During the day I
work in the neo-nato intensive care
unit at the medical center in Omaha
as a resident.”
Fowler is one of 10 resident doc
tors from UNMC that rotate with 10
Lincoln family practice resident doc
tors at the health center. The doctors
I
each spend at least one night per
month at the center working from 6
p.m. to 6 a.m.
“Every month I’m doing some
thing different,” Fowler said. “The
one thing doctors like to get is expe
rience. Working here gives me a lot
of independence in the decision
making process.”
Fowler said he is used to working
17-to-20 hour days.
“Working at the center gives me a
chance to catch up on what I’m
doing,” Fowler said. “I love what
I'm doing; It just takes a while to get
use to tiie lack of sleep.”
With two children of his own, Dr.
Tylcr Martin said, he works as a night
doctor because it's fun and he needs
the extra money.
Martin plans to finish his third
year residency at UNMC this year.
“We get a lot of cases in at night
that could wail for the day doc tor,
especially around dead week,” he
‘ ‘Freshmen are usually the biggest
customers coming in with headaches
or sore throats. I usually talk to them
and give them a little self confidence
and they walk away feeling like I’ve
done something great for them. All
they need is someone to talk to.”
There are two bad things about
being a night doctor on a weekend,
Martin said . . . football games and
nice weather.
Fowler said he treats many cases
dealing with alcohol during those
times.
Dr. Scott Ehresman, a Lincoln
family practice resident, said the
only thing he doesn’t like about being
a night doctor is not being able to
follow up with the patients
Ehresman said he deals primarily
with three types of problems: Sports
injuries, infections and stress cases.
‘‘! like dealing with kids at the
college age,” Ehresman said. “I
leam something new every time I
come here.”
On duty with the doctors at all
times arc a nurse and an orderly.
Ehresman said they play the biggest
role at the center.
David Hoiloway/Dally Nebraskan
Dr. Scott Ehresman removes pencil lead from the heel of Sharon O’Neil, a senior history
major from Omaha.
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