As part of our curriculum, my school assigns us to Chaplain rounds, in which we shadow a chaplain for several hours in the hospital. For context, a chaplain is a person with religious training that is charge of providing spiritual care to patients, both for those in their own denomination as well as outside of it. […]
ATLS, Pepper spray, and Ectoplasm in the ER
Recently I went to help out on a trauma, and it was hard to maintain my dignified facade. It was early in the night, and I heard the page for an incoming trauma and headed to the ER to help out. When a trauma comes in, most emergency departments and hospitals use a protocol called […]
Night at the Hospital
Over the past few months I started to finally get a hang of the workflow of the hospital. I’ve gotten used to personally managing about 3 or 4 patients and hearing about another 10 or so more that my team handles. At first this seemed like a ton of patients to be able to keep […]
