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1st day in ICU!

today marks the day when we change ward coverage for the month of December, and i have been rotated to cover the medical ICU! yup that's kind of scary... second month into a posting after losing touch with medicine for 2 years in army. yet again, i will have to do it some time since ICU posting is compulsory for us, be it later or earlier.

there are 3 MOs covering the ICU, and i am glad the rest are quite senior and have ICU experience. probably the most important priority now is to learn how to set all the lines and intubation, so that i can handle my first ICU call confidently, which will be on 14 Dec.

First day in ICU- well for once i woke up at 5.30am and manage to reach the ward at 7am. my earliest reporting time to work so far heh. The consultant will come at around 8 plus, so hopefully by the time he comes, we would have seen the patients. i am still trying my best to get myself familiarise with everything, including filling up the progress form, etc. today was quite a good start for me (and i hope to keep it that way - not too busy, yet i can learn from the job). we sent out 4 patients to the general ward, and that's a great achievement!

unfortunately this time round, we are one man short, so i foresee that we will have to work every day, including all sats, suns and the three public holidays in this month and 1st jan. how sad =(.