First day back to work

Happy to see all my colleagues today, happy to be part of the team =)

Some ppl are deployed to the triage to help... some to KRW...

Anyway... first day back to work...

Heres my routine today:

0800hrs

- Wear the stupid N95 mask....
- Check through list of the day, check patient
- Called my surgeon, Called my anaesthetist to review patient
- Case cancelled.... patient bad flu...
- Called surgeon, called ward, called recovery... inform inform inform
- Go for mask fitting...so many ppl... walk back again
- End up at Emergency theatre to help....
- Circulate...
- Call surgeon
-Answer surgeon's endless phone call
- Answer theatre...yet again... endless phone call
- Surgeon stupid phone ring again... this time two phone together...
- Arrange next case
- Sent patient out...
- Prepare instruments for next case
- Wear the stupid PPE, running around....
- Wear the stupid PPE again... this time N95 not enough must add face shield... send patient to ICU
- Get theatre ready for next E-case.... prepare to scrub....
- Scrub for tracheostomy
- Wear gown, Stupid N95+ faceshield....
- Almost suffocated in the double mask and under Hot OT light... cant imagine if i were to wear an II gown...
- Case finish, wash instruments... next case is sent again
- Circulate....
- Instruments not in place... run..Run... RUN!
- Answered alot of stupid phonecalls again and took alot of notes...
- Patient BP plunge!!!
- Put on PPE sent pt to ICU again...
- Circulate for next case again....
1800 hrs... end duty....

Of cos this is only a summarised version...

I officially hate the combination of N95 mask and fluid shield.... i ve to breathe thru my mouth... hard like a gold fish...nausea also...

And we all look like ninja turtle.... hahaha

Thank god AD pager nv sound today..... fast paced today... but fun!

Its good to be back at work again... in a way....

=D