It was a morning shift, It was supposed to be a six days duty in the Emergency Room of Rizal Provincial Hospital in Morong but then because of some matter that our beyond our control it turned out to be just a three days duty although we would take it up on a makeup I guess by the end of the semester. At first our impression was, Yey. We got no duty this week because of the PhilHealth Accreditation visit and of course because of the popular typhoon “Basyang”. But then having experienced what’s inside the ER and having learned a lot. I regret those 3 days that we were supposed in that area and learning a lot more. It’s nice to learn things especially if you can apply that in your life too not just stuck in your head and after a minute you’ll then forget it.
Having said that, I enjoyed more in this special area than in the ward. It was my first time to be exposed here In the ER and I was really surprised on what I have seen. It makes me want to learn more and to aspire to be competent enough to handle patients with their needs. Although I know I’m not that good in skills though I’m striving hard to be since having a left dominant hand is a matter of issue for me.
I have lots of firsts in this rotation, want me to enumerate some? Well it was my first time to do wound care, IV insertion, my first time to see actual urinary catheterization and suturing of the head and what do you call this an elderly with BPH having urinary catheterization what's worse there was when the doctor took out this tube in the pt's genitals the blood with urine spilled off my apron and had a hard time cleaning it; it was also my first time to see patient dead on arrival and touch them and my first to witness relatives overflowing with grief and crying to death because of their loved one that passed away and can’t do anything about it. How I can feel their emotions still yearning that some miracle can make their loved one back into life. Another one, it’s really heart melting to see a patient suffering from pain like our patient who was beaten in the head. It’s really really really painful, I can hear his weep from afar while the surgeon started suturing his head even though the anesthesia wasn't still taking it's effect.
Anyway. Overall I've learned new things from this rotation.














