Blood. Guts. Gun shot wounds. These are all some things that you may expect to see if you are working on the trauma surgery team in the hospital. Yesterday I headed up to WakeMed Raleigh to experience the hospital and even got to hang out with some of our own 2nd year students!
I was a little bummed when there weren’t any surgeries for us to go to, but we did get to assess some post-op patients on the floor. We saw a patient who had a ruptured appendix and another who had her gallbladder removed due to pancreatitis/gallstones etc. The cool thing was that both of them had classic, textbook presentations of their conditions.
It was also nice to get reacquainted with the hospital setting since the last time I worked in one was over 3 years ago. I am excited to be coming back here in the fall for my emergency medicine rotation!
PS. Only two more days to enter our giveaway. It’s almost the weekend y’all, hang in there!
How fun to get to have that experience!!!!
oh my goodness. this sounds intense. lol good experience though, bummer no surgeries.
I can't wait to hear all about your experiences in the Fall! Glad you got to see some text book conditions while you were there though!
<3, Pamela
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I'm excited to hear how your rotations go & I am also loving this giveaway you're a part of!
My fiancé is considering going into trauma surgery! It sounds so scary and intense, though! I would totally freak out. it's a good thing hospitals have people like you and not me hahah
So cool when you use technical terms because I totally feel like I'm watching grey's anatomy and understanding what you're talking about!!