Attachment

Sorry for the long delay over updating, apparently i had to setle some error on my computer, which till now i'm not really over with. So tata, here am i to talk about the ups and downs of my one week plus. Bascially it's another usual week of hassle and tassle over my medical protocols ie hypoglycemia, anaphylatic, Congested Cardiac Failure Protocols blar blar blar, al lthe usual medical nonsense. Though it was good to acquire such knowledge, it was a nightmare trying to prepare for my medical paper and above all, the dreaded practical test. Well, in the midst of late nights and suffering from the ill effects of a flu, i managed to mug till i secured a pass in my medical theory paper. But as much as i thought i was preapred for my medical practical, i was pretty nervous and jumpy, cause i knew that my make or break depends on my results. I really prepared very hard for this prac test, practising over and over again till i could practically sound off the enitre Head To Toe examination in my sleep....

"I'm looooooking at the Jeneraaaal Appearanceeeee.... whaaat do i seeeeee.....?"

Sigh.

And it did happen, while i was taking the practical test conducted by a Sergeant from an external unit, i nearly made a fatal-immediate-failure mistake. I tried to do respiratory rescue with the BVM (the big black pump used for bagging someone) with 100% O2 to a patient that was not suffering from any respiratory distress (It was tricky, he was using slight accessory muscles and nasal flaring while he was breathing. But his SPO2 count was at 97 - which was pretty normal) Thank goodness my casualty was a good friend of mine, and he warned me by staring at me with that Hey-you-got-it-wrong looks. I relented. I did the right thing. Phew. And ever since that i was pretty jumpy and nervous throughout the whole call. At the end of the day during the test debrief, i made a critical mistake; i did not sound off that patient had to load and go during my decision point. But i felt it was fair, coz i really did sound out, but made the point that i would stay and treat first to ease patient's respiratoy distress. That totally ruin my whole day, though he said that my call was overall quite well done - my protocols were smooth and my HTT was solid. I guess these two things saved my little trip to the gallows.

But many of my friends didn't make it. Here i honour them. *Bang* Gun salute.

And today (251105) i experienced my first ambulance attachment with the SCDF. It was heck of a day man! Really fun. I was attached to this really nice group of people who made me feel really welcomed in their midst. The paramedic that was the crew leader was a really nice 25 year old lady, fun and quirky, and she had an amazing sense of humour. The two other medics were equally crazy people, and i endeded up chatting with one of them for almost 3 hours about life. Okie here's my score sheet for today.........

2 delievery case, 1 assault case, and 1 fainting/fits case.

Pretty cool, especially the 2 delievery cases, though what we did was only to send them to the hospital, but it was quite an exciting feeling, to be able to witness the process of the miracle of child birth. I can't help but being reminded of what my mom had to go thru to deliever me. =P
Then there was the case of a vagrant who attacked a banglah worker. The worker's thumb was literally crushed by the impact of a slamming door, and then attacked by the vagrant using an umbrella. But of coz the worker fought back, and managed to restrain the vagrant till the police arrived. I was given the chance to bandage the worker's thumb, and it was really soaked in blood! But i did the bandaging nonetheless. =P The fits case was unique - this man was entering into a situation where he was vibrating violently, almost like a possession case. He had slight foaming and his eyeballs were rolled up. Oh well. Sadly i only saw 4 cases today, i hope there'll be much more when i go for my attachment at Tan Tock Seng...