Attitude and resilience
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »I've really enjoyed working here at S. Africa. I don't mind waking up at 6:30AM to go to work and find a hectic floor with 25 patients. Which surprisingly enough, after a couple days I remember why that patient is here. I ...
A taste of the future
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »My awesome intern was sick this week. There are 25 patients on this floor and we can't order things or sign things. This past week gave me a taste of what next year will be for me. A lot of maintaining ...
Dear Diary Moments
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »An update to what I like to call "Dear diary moments" 1) I got my first lumbar puncture and it went super well!! I even had an audience. A couple of nurses were watching as well as my intern. I stuck ...
Called it!
Friday, February 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »We had a patient who came in with acute psychosis = confused, crazy, thinking people were out to get her. She said she had gone to a party and had a couple of drinks and didn't entirely trust the men ...
Dizziness -> LP
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »A little bit of Durban and the stay here: I hate to admit this but the impression I have of Durban is that it is like the Detroit of S. Africa. It's beautiful here - with palm trees, hills, ...
Lumbar punctures and praise songs
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Today was my first real day at work. I'm doing an internal medicine rotation. The hospital has 166 beds and five floors. I work on the 5th floor. The first sounds I hear when I walked into the hospital ...