world of traction

1 month into my job, and i still haven't learnt to set up traction yet. HAHA.
thankfully my nurses are so fabulous and will set it up without asking me to help - it must be pretty clear that i am clueless!

seems that most people in ortho are nice! :) albeit totally clueless on how to manage patients other than surgically. hmmm. i have given up trying to stop the avalanche of referrals we write on a daily basis asking other disciplines to "please come and see the patient", now i just write them jadedly without asking if they are really needed. :\
each day, i can send about 5 referral letters! oh dear :(

but i must say, those who review my patients are so SUPER NICE and patient with me. they have hardly scolded me, and they are so kindly and i feel so inspired after talking to some of them :)

my greatest thrill thus far was having a pregnant trauma patient! :) i was utterly comfortable managing her. whee! :) but no, i don't wish for more pregnant women to come to me. hehe

renal patients are my greatest nightmare. they have oedematous hands, horrible veins, and AVFs that malfunction so easily. :( :( :( they are usually broke from years of dialysis, grumpy from being poked so many times, and are so immunocompromised and so unwell that they make surgery a nightmare. which equates to - my nightmare because the surgeons will leave that to me. :\ OH DEARIE ME :( :( :(

but that's not to say that the orthopods are horrid people! they are VERY good at what they do. my lovely resident even bought me dinner on call and another let me go up to sleep, saying he could handle all the work. OHHHH LOVE :)

seems like one of the senior residents in another hospital is looking for that special someone! i heard he announced to the whole OT in the middle of an op "I AM SINGLE AND AVAILABLE" very loudly, and when nobody said anything, he went on to say "WHY NO TAKERS!!!!"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
and in that same hospital - a bunch of orthopods also call themselves: the backslab boys!
oh my goodness oh my goodness hahahaha!

alright alright enough of this nonsense. haha!