My own is patients that will be mute in front of the 3 consultants during their rounds and only proceed to asking me all the questions 5 mins after I'm back to carry out the plans
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Cardiologist has seen and given his diagnosis, and you’re coming to consult me , a 1st rotation house officer 🥲
Whatever you’re looking for , you’ll hear it 🥲
@Poeticmedic1 My cousin didn't let them operate till I was in the room as a medical student back then.
He became calm only after he held my hand whilst they were giving anaesthesia
Trust!
@ThatCruiseMedic Well said chief
Our "chief " title is reserved for people you respect because of their achievements and commitments towards the profession.
Not for someone with such a woeful mentality
Don't panic, Nurses are still the best.
They will get humbled by their matrons during their internship,work well whilst frustrated ,get trained to hate doctors, marry the doctors they hate, raise kids to be doctors and nurses that will intermarry.
It's a whole circle
Gen Z nurses wey Dey tear better steps sends stern warning as they advises the general public not to get sick as they have now taken over Hospitals all over nigeria !
Every day during PPH presentations in morning review, the students always always what the principles of management of PPH was and the clear "Call for help" answer always came up.
The first call I witnessed PPH, I concluded that the appropriate term should be " Shout for help"!.
Somehow, this story reminded me of the most memorable night of my life as a house officer in O&G.
It still gives me chills.
This lady came in at about 6:30pm with 8cm cervical dilatation. It was her 5th or 6th pregnancy and she was expecting her first son.
She and her husband had been separated because an earlier scan had suggested the baby was a girl, and the man wanted a boy. A very foolish thing, especially considering that the father contributes the chromosome that determines the baby's gender.
The second scan showed that she was actually carrying a boy, so they were anxious that nothing must happen to this baby.
She delivered vaginally despite being only 8cm dilated, with an anterior, uneffaced cervix.
By about 8:30pm, the episiorrhaphy and cervical repair were done.
But she was still bleeding.
Then the drama began.
Oxytocin. Ergometrine. Balloon tamponade. Blood.
There was hardly anything we didn't try.
By 10:30pm, she had received three pints of blood and was still oozing.
We suspected retained products, so we prepared for theatre.
By 12:30am, we sent the ambulance to pick up the Principal Medical Officer and consultant and went into theatre.
PMO came and we evacuated the retained products but consultant was delayed actually.
But the bleeding continued.
She had severe uterine atony, and it became clear that we were going to have to remove the uterus.
I ran to the blood bank for four pints of uncrossmatched O-negative blood.
We had to send another ambulance to bring the consultant.
And then, the patient arrested.
That night, the nurse anaesthetist and I alternated chest compressions.
One hand on the blood bag.
One hand on the Ambu bag, while tireless work went on in the abdomen
The hysterectomy was eventually completed at about 6:30am.
Then came the hours of stabilisation, more blood, correction of the metabolic consequences of massive transfusion and transfer to HDU.
Everything finally settled around 8:30am.
Guys...
That experience marred O&G for me for life. 😂
I had been romanticising the idea of becoming an obstetrician because I was actually very good at it.
But that night that could have solidified my decision, made me realise that being good at something doesn't necessarily mean it is what you are meant to spend your life doing.
I have tremendous respect for obstetricians because I know that somehow, every 10 minutes, an obstetrician somewhere is making decisions under pressure, fighting to keep two lives safe, and sometimes may have to make incredibly difficult choices in the middle of the night.
Kudos to the scientist for being so passionate about his work.
I hope and pray we have more people like that in healthcare, who are passionate about what they do, committed to excellence and willing to keep go the extra mile sometimes and keep showing up for humanity.
It was difficult letting go of my passion for O and G, but thankfully I found my path, not the easiest but I will always be grateful for it.
This property is a perfect example of good living and luxury. Not the yeye rope light shenanigans in the name of modern oversabi-ism.
The owner of the space is an engineer . Engr Adesoji Adeyemi.
It's a 4-Bedroom bungalow built on 3200 square metres in Ibadan (Lagos people left the chat). This is the real massive expression o professionalism by an engineer.
What do you think about this masterpiece?