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I was placed as a physician associate student on the respiratory ward in the middle of March, when I had been on AMU we talked about the possibility of COVID and how it would effect the hospital. Thinking a bit like a rare flu and couple of cases here and there. Nothing could have preparedContinue reading “HCA on COVID Wards”

Wards shifts start about 30 before A&E which means I have to get in even earlier but it’s a much smaller team so there are 1 or 2 HCAs per section usually with 1 nurse. If you have patients that require specialist 1:1 care then there might be more than have been shuffled around asContinue reading “HCA on a Ward”

Dash through the door with 5 mins to get changed for my shift, and make it hand over with seconds to spare but with a coffee in hand and my uniform on the right way around. I did manage to curse myself by getting on triage – by saying it’s not that bad. 4 patientsContinue reading “HCA on A&E”

Firstly I am going to do yet another shout out to everyone on the frontline and working hard to keep this country going (I am going stir crazy and hate being ill/stuck inside – although I am not the best when ill just ask my BF). There is a lot of advice available on thingsContinue reading “10 Tips for Surviving Lockdown”

So this one has been a difficult one to post, I’ve attended a few arrests and found myself at them but right/wrong place and timing. Thankful every time that bleep goes off for a crash call it isn’t actually a crash – but that doesn’t mean you speed walk any slower. The first one IContinue reading “How to survived attending an arrest?”

So this is a typical day on AMU I have altered a few little details for patient privacy. 8:00 – Get to the ward/unit for handover from the day to night team, any issues that came up or bloods etc that need following up. Also a good chance to grab a cup of tea. 8:30Continue reading “A day on…AMU”

8:00 – Get to the hospital and do my usual routine of water, sign in and check any new patients. 8:30 – Board round to discuss the patients and outliers, along with any issues that may occur. 9:00 – I join the renal acutes/referrals today, heading around the hospital to see those who are acutelyContinue reading “A day on…renal”

Cardiology/CCU/Cath Lab So I am based across all three departments/units and depending on the day I try to split myself by were I am needed/interesting things are on. CCU is the coronary care unit – the high dependence cardiology ward. Note during the course of this rotation I have been able to assist in crashesContinue reading “A day on…Cardiology”

Remember I’m not reposting my morning routine but I’ll start from when I arrive at the hospital! Unfortunately my choice in days was limited to I’m sorry if it isn’t the most exciting but that’s what life is I’m afraid. 8:00 – I’m getting in early as we didn’t get to spend any time onContinue reading “A day on…GI/Liver”

I’m only on this ward for a week so I had to hit the ground running and in the morning for ward rounds there are usually a lot of med students around as well – there were 20 on our ward along with us for rounds and they disappeared as soon as it finished! ThisContinue reading “A day on…Neurology”