Monday, July 7, 2008
as i walked into work today at 6pm...i hear over the intercom..."CODE BLUE TO THE ER...CODE BLUE"...that means that someone has went into cardiac arrest and the ER needs help...so since i work in the lab today and not the floor i get to go help!
well i was already clocked in and had my lab coat on...i grabbed my tray and along with another person from the lab we ran upstairs....
when i walked into the room...my heart dropped....not from the chaos that was going on but for the excitement of being able to help save someone...the doctors were giving him CPR...the family was patiently and quietly waiting outside the room....it was a picture perfect moment and yet again my aspirations for becoming a ER Doctor were confirmed
the story with this patient is he came in today with weakness...a really high white blood count...and a few other symptoms...they ran some test and found out he has had leukemia for the past few months!!! and he didn't even know! needless to say after many rounds of CPR and the defib and talking to the family to sign the approval...it was all stopped and he passed. i was just amazed at the determination everyone had to try to bring him back and to help this man...i guess it was my first time dealing with it and it just excites me...call me weird but i love this kinda stuff!
i guess it was just his time...i hope that he was able to enjoy life up until today...it really makes you appreciate the fact that you still have today but to embrace tomorrow as you don't know what can happen.
i also got to deal with a Parkinson's patient at the clinic i get to shadow...its amazing what types of disorders the body can develop and i am both anxious and excited to see if we will ever be able to come up with a cure or more affective method to help with these types of disorders....
well I'm at work...had a little down time...im gonna do some things and might write later...its funny b/c i find myself thinking through out the day what i can write on my blog...LoL
dont know if n e one will read it but its nice to be able to just freely speak the random and exciting things i think and go through each day....
....until next time....
well i was already clocked in and had my lab coat on...i grabbed my tray and along with another person from the lab we ran upstairs....
when i walked into the room...my heart dropped....not from the chaos that was going on but for the excitement of being able to help save someone...the doctors were giving him CPR...the family was patiently and quietly waiting outside the room....it was a picture perfect moment and yet again my aspirations for becoming a ER Doctor were confirmed
the story with this patient is he came in today with weakness...a really high white blood count...and a few other symptoms...they ran some test and found out he has had leukemia for the past few months!!! and he didn't even know! needless to say after many rounds of CPR and the defib and talking to the family to sign the approval...it was all stopped and he passed. i was just amazed at the determination everyone had to try to bring him back and to help this man...i guess it was my first time dealing with it and it just excites me...call me weird but i love this kinda stuff!
i guess it was just his time...i hope that he was able to enjoy life up until today...it really makes you appreciate the fact that you still have today but to embrace tomorrow as you don't know what can happen.
i also got to deal with a Parkinson's patient at the clinic i get to shadow...its amazing what types of disorders the body can develop and i am both anxious and excited to see if we will ever be able to come up with a cure or more affective method to help with these types of disorders....
well I'm at work...had a little down time...im gonna do some things and might write later...its funny b/c i find myself thinking through out the day what i can write on my blog...LoL
dont know if n e one will read it but its nice to be able to just freely speak the random and exciting things i think and go through each day....
....until next time....
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