Emergency Room Rotation
My rotation in the emergency was very informative and I learned a lot with Tim. He took the time to explain how all of their rotations work and how the computers are scheduled and everything. He always made sure I knew what was going on and made sure I felt comfortable in the situation. The first day we saw about five different people including a new born baby who was having really bad breathing problems which we discussed and narrowed options and came to the conclusion that she was going to be diagnosed with asthma. There were also a lot of people that came in with complaints of chest pain and it being hard to breathe. Tim told me that it’s not that they’re technically “faking” it but that there was really nothing that they could do for them cause there was really nothing wrong with them except if it happened to be gas or something like that. There was also a woman that came in with severe constipation and she also had a very distict odor. The second day I went, they had just received a psychiatric patient and they had to put him in a special room where if he got crazy they could detain him easily. While he was in the room they monitored him the entire time and they videoed him as well. The camera was in black and white and Tim and I had definitely gotten a kick out of it because it looked like it was straight out of a Paranormal Activity movie. That day went pretty slow but there was also a Russian patient that couldn’t understand English and we couldn’t understand him so we had to call in a special translator that in supposed to be available at all hours of the night. That was definitely pretty cool to be able to see them all communicate and be able to help the man be able to feel a little bit better. He had to be admitted overnight. But all in all, I definitely enjoyed my two visits at the emergency room. It was extremely educational and all of the nurses were super nice and they were definitely a lot of fun to be around. In my opinion, the best part of the observation hours at the emergency room was just being able to see some of the things we do put to action in a hospital.
Wound Care
My rotation in the emergency was very informative and I learned a lot with Tim. He took the time to explain how all of their rotations work and how the computers are scheduled and everything. He always made sure I knew what was going on and made sure I felt comfortable in the situation. The first day we saw about five different people including a new born baby who was having really bad breathing problems which we discussed and narrowed options and came to the conclusion that she was going to be diagnosed with asthma. There were also a lot of people that came in with complaints of chest pain and it being hard to breathe. Tim told me that it’s not that they’re technically “faking” it but that there was really nothing that they could do for them cause there was really nothing wrong with them except if it happened to be gas or something like that. There was also a woman that came in with severe constipation and she also had a very distict odor. The second day I went, they had just received a psychiatric patient and they had to put him in a special room where if he got crazy they could detain him easily. While he was in the room they monitored him the entire time and they videoed him as well. The camera was in black and white and Tim and I had definitely gotten a kick out of it because it looked like it was straight out of a Paranormal Activity movie. That day went pretty slow but there was also a Russian patient that couldn’t understand English and we couldn’t understand him so we had to call in a special translator that in supposed to be available at all hours of the night. That was definitely pretty cool to be able to see them all communicate and be able to help the man be able to feel a little bit better. He had to be admitted overnight. But all in all, I definitely enjoyed my two visits at the emergency room. It was extremely educational and all of the nurses were super nice and they were definitely a lot of fun to be around. In my opinion, the best part of the observation hours at the emergency room was just being able to see some of the things we do put to action in a hospital.
Wound Care