The first day was relatively boring. We had a nice long tour of the hospital and reviewed a few things. Our second day we got to interact with the patients which was really awesome. ‘m loving this more than I ever thought I would. It’s like this amazing high to come in, give someone a nebulizer treatment, come back in a few hours for their next dose and relisten to breath sounds to discover that HOLY SHIT they’re making progress! It’s crazy awesome. And on top of it all five us got nice, cooperative patients, ha.
We wondered down to the ER and we got watch the chaos of bringing in a transfer. I swear it’s just like Trauma: Life in the ER >_<
The kids over at a different hospital however got thrown into the fire their first day though. They were told to give treatments without supervision. Not cool AT ALL. I go there in a couple weeks. They’ll probably be having me do arterial punctures the first day there or something. Guh. They did get to see someone’s chest cracked open though (and, er, ultimately die).
Did I ever mention I’m the only girl in group? It’s good times >_< On Tuesdays our preceptor’s a female, but Thursday we’ve got a guy…oh boy. Sore thumb much?
You can find related photos in my photo blog here.
