Very odd for a Friday night/early Saturday morning, but
welcome nonetheless. Almost as if karma was making up for last night when I
arrived to work to find all three trauma bays freshly filled. Two more traumas rolling
in within the hour and the trauma pager signaling two more to soon follow. It
had decided to rain yesterday and apparently the people of New York had missed
the memo.
The month of nights is moving along. Three weeks down, one
and fraction to go. It’s been educational so far. I’ve gotten to put a few
tubes in chests and a few catheters in central veins. Need a couple more yet to
get the process down pat and be comfortable to do it on my own. But getting
past the first couple is the biggest step. Even had the opportunity to put in a
chest tube while the patient was being coded. Having someone pumping up and
down in an effort to push blood from a patient’s heart throughout it’s body
creates a moving target for your tube. I’ll be honest… I didn’t exactly hit the
bull’s eye on that, but I’m thankful I at least took the shot. Next time, it’ll
be the bull’s eye.
Will plan on heading up to CT once I get off work. It’s a
nice thing about being night float; being able to make it to church every
weekend. Makes for a rough Sunday night at work, but all in all one can really
tell a positive difference.
Much Love.
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