This post I dedicated to all my comrades, nurses.
I remembered there was once when I was a junior medical officer (just off tag), I had a walk-in case in labour room, a case of placental abruptio. That time, my senior was in the emergency department seeing a case and my registrar was in OT. I was alone in labour room with my fellow nurses.
It was a calm midnight till a pregnant lady came complaining of abdominal pain with profuse per vaginal bleeding. I suspected placental abruptio and as soon as my nurses heard the diagnosis, they knew that this is an emergency. I was still new back then, the nurses helped me a lot. In just a few minutes, they prepared the patient, put her on the CTG. Some helped me to set 2 branulas and took the blood, up the IV drip. Houseman pushed the scan machine while I quickly went through the antenatal card. CTG was bad and worsening. After completing the assessment, we immediately prepared the patient for emergency caesarean section. My senior came and he agreed for emergency operation for this patient. Everything had been carried out FAST! Not long after that, the patient was called to operation theatre. It was my first adrenaline rush incident and I couldn't have make it through without a good team work by my nurses and housemen.
The senior nurses have the experiences hence they know what to do. On the other hand, those junior nurses will help out with whatever that they can. The housemen, following the instruction also helped a lot.
I had many more encounters with the nurses. Not everything can be shared in public due to the confidentiality issues. All I want to say is, nurses are the unsung heroes. It is great working with them. They are not only my colleagues, but they are also my friends.
Happy Nurses Day to all the nurses. Please stay safe~
I remembered there was once when I was a junior medical officer (just off tag), I had a walk-in case in labour room, a case of placental abruptio. That time, my senior was in the emergency department seeing a case and my registrar was in OT. I was alone in labour room with my fellow nurses.
It was a calm midnight till a pregnant lady came complaining of abdominal pain with profuse per vaginal bleeding. I suspected placental abruptio and as soon as my nurses heard the diagnosis, they knew that this is an emergency. I was still new back then, the nurses helped me a lot. In just a few minutes, they prepared the patient, put her on the CTG. Some helped me to set 2 branulas and took the blood, up the IV drip. Houseman pushed the scan machine while I quickly went through the antenatal card. CTG was bad and worsening. After completing the assessment, we immediately prepared the patient for emergency caesarean section. My senior came and he agreed for emergency operation for this patient. Everything had been carried out FAST! Not long after that, the patient was called to operation theatre. It was my first adrenaline rush incident and I couldn't have make it through without a good team work by my nurses and housemen.
The senior nurses have the experiences hence they know what to do. On the other hand, those junior nurses will help out with whatever that they can. The housemen, following the instruction also helped a lot.
I had many more encounters with the nurses. Not everything can be shared in public due to the confidentiality issues. All I want to say is, nurses are the unsung heroes. It is great working with them. They are not only my colleagues, but they are also my friends.
Happy Nurses Day to all the nurses. Please stay safe~
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| June 2019, oncall |
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| December 2019, Unicorn Run |
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| April 2020, before going in for an emergency operation |
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| 2020 (^_^) |
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