It's quite perplexing how every last day of our clinical duty turns out an unexpected twist. Call me superstitious or what, but there's definitely something fishy about that one particular day which leaves us with nothing but sore feet, beaten up looks, fatigue and an inexplicable state of exhaustion.
All throughout the week, I was assigned to the Intensive Care Unit where I was given only one patient throughout the entire shift. Yey for that. hahaha. But even though she was in an altered state of consciousness, it was still quite challenging considering that she has these so many needs. To enumerate a few, that includes vital signs monitoring every 15 minutes, turning schedule every 4 hours, routine suctioning (since she's ventilator dependent), tracheostomy care, perineal care, oral care and environmental care. Then there's the occasional battle with the poop.
By Friday, I was assigned to the Emergency Room. Since this is already my 3rd rotation to the area, I already expected that I won't be as much occupied like in the ICU. What a relief! haha. But the LDD Syndrome strikes again and our immediate thoughts of relief were gone pronto! haha
By 4pm, the ER was jam-packed with patients and all the beds from the pedia, medical, surgical and OB cases were already full. I was assigned to the medical area but I helped out Brylle in the Pedia section where they had a total of 10 patients! Since the hospital floors have no available rooms yet, the admitted patients had to wait in the ER while we attend to all their needs. We had two dengue patients, both of which were seriously ill. The other one had to be taken to the PICU since his platelet count was too low and his BP started crashing. Imagine tending to 8 IV lines while giving a 1200cc IVTT PNSS Bolus! The rest of the duty was full with other patients ranging from motor vehicular accidents to minor cuts and suturing.
Kind of reminds me of the time we had our Operating Room / Delivery Room rotation at South General Hospital. It was the last day of duty and we were all about to leave the area when out of nowhere there were 2 stat operations and 2 mothers who are about to give birth. Instead of going home at 10pm, we were able to leave the area at around 2pm. haha
In a completely different note, I woke up pretty late today and I'm stuck with nothing else to do but blab here in my dear blog. haha. Oh yeah, below are some shots taken last Tuesday when James, Nowie, Kevin and I decided to hang-out at Figaro's to make our school requirements. Photo compliments to Noelle! haha
All throughout the week, I was assigned to the Intensive Care Unit where I was given only one patient throughout the entire shift. Yey for that. hahaha. But even though she was in an altered state of consciousness, it was still quite challenging considering that she has these so many needs. To enumerate a few, that includes vital signs monitoring every 15 minutes, turning schedule every 4 hours, routine suctioning (since she's ventilator dependent), tracheostomy care, perineal care, oral care and environmental care. Then there's the occasional battle with the poop.
By Friday, I was assigned to the Emergency Room. Since this is already my 3rd rotation to the area, I already expected that I won't be as much occupied like in the ICU. What a relief! haha. But the LDD Syndrome strikes again and our immediate thoughts of relief were gone pronto! haha
By 4pm, the ER was jam-packed with patients and all the beds from the pedia, medical, surgical and OB cases were already full. I was assigned to the medical area but I helped out Brylle in the Pedia section where they had a total of 10 patients! Since the hospital floors have no available rooms yet, the admitted patients had to wait in the ER while we attend to all their needs. We had two dengue patients, both of which were seriously ill. The other one had to be taken to the PICU since his platelet count was too low and his BP started crashing. Imagine tending to 8 IV lines while giving a 1200cc IVTT PNSS Bolus! The rest of the duty was full with other patients ranging from motor vehicular accidents to minor cuts and suturing.
Kind of reminds me of the time we had our Operating Room / Delivery Room rotation at South General Hospital. It was the last day of duty and we were all about to leave the area when out of nowhere there were 2 stat operations and 2 mothers who are about to give birth. Instead of going home at 10pm, we were able to leave the area at around 2pm. haha
In a completely different note, I woke up pretty late today and I'm stuck with nothing else to do but blab here in my dear blog. haha. Oh yeah, below are some shots taken last Tuesday when James, Nowie, Kevin and I decided to hang-out at Figaro's to make our school requirements. Photo compliments to Noelle! haha
5 comments:
haluu.
makacomment ko? haha!=p
others... wla nanginbayt. hahaha!=p sure ko idelete japon ni. haha.ü
asus.. ok ra na yie.. hahaha
ayg balaka.. naa pay next time.. haha
jb said,
"I was assigned to the medical area but I helped out Brylle in the Pedia section where they had a total of 10 patients!"
aayeeee!=) nihelp ang good samaritan. wahahaha!=p
yie: hahaha.. help mulang.. there were only 4 of us nya daghan au patients.. waaaaa.. hahaha
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