Thursday, June 08, 2006
~ On Leave... ~
1:26:00 am
I am officially on leave, as of today (8/6/06) for 8 days...
No concrete plans so far, on how I'm gonna spend my leave... I don't want it to be as redundant... But somehow, I feel like slacking away cuz I don't get to do this when I'm working...
Anyway, my last night duty yesterday was pretty 'bloody'... Why bloody? Cuz I had three patients, whose beds are all next to each other, bleeding in one way or another...
My first patient... He was actually bleeding from the permanent catheter on the right upper body... The permanent catheter is actually an external tube meant specially for haemodialysis... So, at about 2am, I noted that he was bleeding from the perm cath site... Did manual compressing as well as pressure bandage to prevent it from bleeding further... However, did another check at 6am and it was still bleeding... Then, the necessary test was all done by the HO-on-call...
My second patient... He was admitted for upper gastro-intestinal (GI) bleed... So apparently, during my unfateful time, he passed out large amount of
malena or 'bloody' stool... He ever had a history of passing malena stool but this is the first in 3-4 days...
My third patient... This man, you can never put anything on him... Any IV plug, urosheath or any kind of tubes, or even diapers, he will definitely remove it out... So, after I took over the report, the HO-on-call actually inserted a urinary catheter for him since his bladder was distended... So anyway, as you would have guessed it, he pulled out his catheter and of course, there was bleeding as the catheter have caused slight trauma to the urethra and hence, the bleeding part...
And hence... My 'bloody' night shift...
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Wanna wish a speedy recovery to my aunt... She's currently admitted to the hospital for fluid overload... I hope that she will get well soon...
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I feel so useful now... Actually, did some DIY stuff and I actually did it without anyone's help... *Haha*... Anyway, my room is in a horrible mess now... Just cuz I cleared everything in my wardrobe... *Hehe*... Will have to clean it up when I wake up later!
written, NaDiaH eRNiYaNTi
