After having done a day on psych and such as can be seen from the above entry. I decided to turn in for night shift as well seeing that I was getting fidgety after having done no major clinical management so far.
Right, so few things to clarify. In this hospital, night shift means....one SHO ( senior house officer), one junior doctor, one nurse practitioner a reduced bevy of nursing staff and just to make the mix more interesting.... One medical student.
Well, as you all know by now....Stornoway is a small town. The isle of Lewis is even smaller. And basically, on week nights...nothing much go on. But naturally, on weekends, particularly Friday and Saturday night...that when things get busy on night shift. Or at least you hope so.
So was basically on night with Chris ( the very friendly , though merrily cynical surgical SHO), Aruj the quiet FY1 and me, the appenditure for the night. Yes, mateys....medical student are on first name basis with all ranks until we encounter a consultant.
So it was basically a quiet night...lotsa query TIAs, CVAs possible intestinal obstruction due to adhesions and ....yes....we all know we’ll get one of these...bad side effect to antibiotics.....seriously. Oh yes, and septicaemia in the wee hours of the morning when all was wont of giving up on anything happening and everyone’s life history had been told round robin in the pantry of A&E.
Yeah, so basically I would say the interesting bit of my night shift would be:
1) Being on the move and on the job for 20 hours and the niggling thought that u have a clinic the following morning but can’t bear to leave in case ‘something interesting’ comes through the doors.
2) Listening to the banter amongst your seniors. Honestly, the amount of dirt and juicy morsels that gets dished out is just amazing. Never again will you be able to view a consultant in the morning without chuckling after having seen him through the reality shedding glasses of the night shift.
3) Mr. K the locum surgical consultant asking me this INFERNAL question after Chris had introduced me and said that I was interested in traumatology
*smirk*‘ Do you think you can fight with the boys?’
‘I think I can definitely hold my ground.’
‘No, you cannot only hold your ground, you have to be able to fight.’
‘Well Mr. K, if need be, I can definitely bring the guns out.’
4) Mr. K saying that when Breast Surgery is an area of surgery that women would be most suited too. Well, far enough, I don’t mind that , because I also find Breast surgery interesting. But honestly....the number of female patients I see wanting a good looking male breast surgeon managing them ....I think business would be slow, once again, for a female breast surgeon.
Yes....at this point in time...A&E in a big hospital is looking more and more enticing...but....I think my guns are still aching for a fight so will have to see what time will show.
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