My First Night Shift In Emergency & Trauma | Housemanship Diaries

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My first night shift in this department was in the Red Zone and I was terrified.

Thankfully, it was with a fellow Registrar who is rather patient, kind and one who loves to teach.

The scary part however was that it is the Red Zone after all and on my first night!

The Red Zone basically caters to patients who are unstable be it haemodynamically or in terms of their vital signs or that they are in a state of severe acidosis, on the verge of collapsing, you name it. Basically, how severe of a state a person must be in to end up in that zone.

The night started off smoothly with cases coming in one at a time. Alright, I kept repeating to myself, “attend them, transfer them to another bed, vital signs, bloods, fill out forms, clerk and basically just listen to your superiors”.

The night eventually turned into midnight and into the wee hours of the morning and finally the sun has risen. Before I knew it, it was 7am and the AM shift House Officer has arrived. I am not alone again.

Time to prepare for handover rounds at 7:45am.

It was better after that, having another person with me as it felt less intimidating.

At 10am, I took off and headed home. Not a bad experience for the first night shift.

The good thing about the night shift in the Emergency and Trauma is that we are not alone. There is always a team or at least your superiors are always there.

However, I don’t quite prefer the night shift in this posting. Having actually completed this posting, at the time of writing this article, the daytime shift is definitely better.

Nonetheless, in all the night shifts, albeit that it could be a terrifying one especially prior to the start of your shift, always remember that you are never completely alone even if it feels like it and that help is always nearby.

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The oldest thing that I own that I continue to use daily is a 2017 MacBook Pro, 13 inches, with the Touch Bar. While my purpose for using this device has changed substantially, from BYOD to a reused purpose via Ubuntu Linux, I continue to utilize the fullest of the functionality possible on my computer. Unfortunately, under my current setup, I am unable to use my FaceTime camera, Touch Bar (including Escape functionality), speaker, and microphone. Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) devices largely […]

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The oldest thing that I own that I continue to use daily is a 2017 MacBook Pro, 13 inches, with the Touch Bar. While my purpose for using this device has changed substantially, from BYOD to a reuse…

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Daily writing prompt What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? View all responses

I can’t think of anything. Seriously. Something I use every day? It has to be my house, I guess. There’s nothing terribly old that I use regularly enough to list. My wedding ring is 15 years old and I wear it around the clock. That’s a good candidate. I don’t know how old my house is, but it’s older than that and I do “use” it every day.

I would like to say it’s my 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom but I fail to play daily so that’s out.

Me, playing my ’78 back in ’03.

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Rock on, brothers and sisters.

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