Long time no see!

Kicked off the first day of ED rotation with a trauma(tic) night shift. haha just kidding.. it was surprisingly fun! considering that I spent only i think 1 day in VGHTPE trauma ED, this rotation was definitely more hands on. Good thing i decided to give ED another shot despite being very scathed the first time round. This time I am proficient enough to actually DO things other than scut.

I got to suture a badly lacerated finger that wouldnt stop bleeding, and also a scalp wound from a traffic accident. Also helped with casting of 2 fractured wrists (both on the same person, poor thing!)

Oh dear how time flies, almost time for work. TBC!

Back to the ER again!

So this ER rotation started very much the same way as it did approximately a year ago in VGHTPE.

By sending me on an OFF day on the first day of work.

Not that i dont appreciate it after a night of mild insomnia. Only thing is, i'd appreciate it if they'd told me beforehand prior to my daily cuppa. Sleep isn't the easiest thing to achieve when you're having palpitations from all that caffeine! Which is why I spent the AM in a mad room cleanup frenzy. Efficiency not to be wasted, what!

I'll be kicking off my course with 5 days of continuous night shifts. Talk about adrenaline rush! I hope I last all of 5 days, because the longest i've ever been on nights was 3 days in a row at VGHTPE ER and by day 3 i was pretty much a walking zombie. Sure, its still a 12hr shift and you get the other half of the day off just like you would with day shifts, but still in terms of sleep quality in the day... nah its still better without messing around with the circadian rhythm.

But I didnt really have a choice - it was either 5 shifts this week or 5 shifts the week after, which would be alot worse as i've a competition at the end of the month and i really dont need jetlag to add to the stress! all in all though, a pretty bad timing for ER rotation... no time for training and messed up sleep hours. -sigh- but well, no way i'd know in advance anyhow.

anyway! i had a ACLS refreshment course last friday which left me with a bruised palm from all the CPR. plastic models have VERY hard chests i tell you! it was a well-run course taught by a very funny man. but i couldnt help leaving the course with the scary realization that of all the CPR efforts i've taken part in (about 10?)... none were of standard. :O:O its no wonder NTUH decided to take down its CCTV in the ER! yikes.

countdown.

so, its been a long almost-7 years since i started on this little journey. and after all the sweat, tears and (other people's) blood, im finally inches away from graduation. Graduation! i remember attending my one of my bestie's graduation a good 4 years ago.

employment is looming right ahead too - i start august 2012. my breath is pretty much bated and boy are my palms sweaty. but what has to come has to come eventually. let's hope what seven years of medical school teaches me will put me off killing someone. urps.

hopefully i can trod off home for one last time before beginning work. toodles.