Nights
Per personal request since I have the night off due to the holiday.
Last Thursday was pretty eventful. I officially pronounced someone dead. It was strange because their heart was still beating initially...though no breath sounds or peripheral pulses so I had to wait a few moments. Then later that same morning I delivered a baby. "G7, if you let her tear I'll be upset." G7P4 lol she didn't tear. Circle of life, womb to tomb medicine. I also had my adviser meeting at 2 am that same night since my adviser was the attending on call and we had a free moment in the middle of the night. After that night, I had clinic (16 hour shift) at 8am and sent my first patient to the ED. I have absolutely no idea what's going on with them and they didn't do all the tests I had thought of so I'm still uncertain of the diagnosis. A couple of the potentials are really bad which is never fun...
Overall the month was slow and I learned at my adviser meeting why that was the case. They stopped taking patients approximately 9 months ago in anticipation of the move.
My first night on nights, I was paged to the floor to deliver another private OB's patient because they were not there yet and the delivery would not wait for their arrival. When I got up to the floor, they rushed me into the room. As I was delivering the kid, I was asking for details on the patient since I knew NOTHING about her. I did however know there had been a pair of twins in triage and I was most concerned about the fact that this could be them. Lol it wasn't but in my head I was thinking, I hope they are both head down!
I have never had a good sense of rhythm. However, I almost always have had a good ability to sleep meaning my circadian rhythm must be intact. Regretfully, I think this month, even that sense of rhythm is being shaken. I didn't want to wake up this AM for church since I was deep in sleep, but the evening prior I had struggled to get to sleep. Lol such is life I guess. (Actually that may mean my rhythm has readjusted itself?)
Spent my first Christmas ever away from the family... Which made it not entirely feel like Christmas day.
Two more weeks of nights and then back to days!
Last Thursday was pretty eventful. I officially pronounced someone dead. It was strange because their heart was still beating initially...though no breath sounds or peripheral pulses so I had to wait a few moments. Then later that same morning I delivered a baby. "G7, if you let her tear I'll be upset." G7P4 lol she didn't tear. Circle of life, womb to tomb medicine. I also had my adviser meeting at 2 am that same night since my adviser was the attending on call and we had a free moment in the middle of the night. After that night, I had clinic (16 hour shift) at 8am and sent my first patient to the ED. I have absolutely no idea what's going on with them and they didn't do all the tests I had thought of so I'm still uncertain of the diagnosis. A couple of the potentials are really bad which is never fun...
Overall the month was slow and I learned at my adviser meeting why that was the case. They stopped taking patients approximately 9 months ago in anticipation of the move.
My first night on nights, I was paged to the floor to deliver another private OB's patient because they were not there yet and the delivery would not wait for their arrival. When I got up to the floor, they rushed me into the room. As I was delivering the kid, I was asking for details on the patient since I knew NOTHING about her. I did however know there had been a pair of twins in triage and I was most concerned about the fact that this could be them. Lol it wasn't but in my head I was thinking, I hope they are both head down!
I have never had a good sense of rhythm. However, I almost always have had a good ability to sleep meaning my circadian rhythm must be intact. Regretfully, I think this month, even that sense of rhythm is being shaken. I didn't want to wake up this AM for church since I was deep in sleep, but the evening prior I had struggled to get to sleep. Lol such is life I guess. (Actually that may mean my rhythm has readjusted itself?)
Spent my first Christmas ever away from the family... Which made it not entirely feel like Christmas day.
Two more weeks of nights and then back to days!