Intensive ambulance placement~~~

Woohoo!! I reached burnie safely and immediately indulged with lotsa yummy food!!

Thanks to the good chefs like joanne, emily and wai ming!!
Cha siew, thai style pork mince, homemade tiramisu made me feel so welcomed in this little town already!!

Anyway, back to my main topic.i wan to write ambulance experience down before forgetting it..
Overall, it is super awesome despite all the nasty scenes and 'dodgy' people..

Since i was small, i had always been wondering how does the ambulance inside look like? Full of gas masks? Patient lying on bed with lotsa blood? Haha..so childish right? Blame the exaggerated effect by the media!

Day 1:
Within 5 min after reaching office, we got a few calls already and mostly are chest pain complaints. Everything went well and i got to perform few simple tests like blood sugar, blood pressure and etc.
But, not until afternoon when we had a middle aged man vomit blood for one night already..When i first stepped into the hse, oh my gosh, it really stink!!! The blood had turned to brownish color and splattered over the floor and his bed..His mouth still covered with brownish blood..Trust me, it is really super duper horrible!!
I felt pitiful for him initially but not when knowing all these are due to the fact of drinking 4 boxes od red wines..

Stupid is the only word i could think of at that moment! Everyone has their "down" periods but you dont have to damage ur innocent body which was given by our Father to that extent..

Day 2:
a few chest pain cases, and one lady with anxiety disorder suffered panic attacks during her work in dental centre. Pretty interesting to see how the paramedics console and calm her down..

Day 3:
Got a call in evening which an old man had dislocated hip joint when uncrossing his legs while sitting. It took us 45 min to reach the place called Tinker Box, such a cute name! First time i saw a man in such a great pain and yet done so well in tolerating it..Me, paramedics and family members took one hour to safely transfer him to the ambulance bed with minimal injuries and pains. Paramedics gave him medroxyfluorane and morphine to start with for pain relief..
Teamwork is definitely there when we are transfering him. Really salute my collegues for their professionalism, passion, intelligence and committment!
Unfortunately, he still suffered excruciating pain on the way to RHH and so morphine 50mg( quite high)was given. Unfortunately, when we reached myer furniture, he vomitted due to the nausea effect by morphine and paramedic said that i can open door if i couldn't tahan. surprisingly i dont feel smelly cos at that moment i felt pitiful for the old man as he had done so great in tolerating the pain!
Even though i went home quite late at 8ish, i felt happy and satisfied and i guess tis is the strength paramedics found which keep them continuing in this area.

Day 4:
A 30ish man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression called up ambulance complaining that he wanted to committ suicide by jumping to the cars in city. He even tried shotting himself by putting gun in his mouth..
And after hearing this, i kept my distance with him and felt so coward on that..The paramedics were so brave to approach him and asked him all sort of questions. But me, being the timid one, standing away from him and thinking whether he will harm us..haiz..lousy me:(

Generally, ambulance experience had been really amazing and challenging..I never regretted for choosing this even though we have to work till late night, no lunch break(arnotts biscuits in hosp saved our stomach!), early wake up, nasty scenes and etc.

The paramedics really earn my respect fro their professionalism.
Thanks to my collegues for giving me chance to fulfill my childhood dream. I enjoyed every bits of it!

Drug representative Placement~~~

What else can be better than a night swim with hot spa after long day of working?

Really Thank God for answering lots of my prayers:)

I am seriously enjoying the placement alot due to below reasons:

• chances of meeting GPs, specialists, nurses, pharmacists whom i will tend to see often in future
• wonderful stay in country club villa with spa, swimming pool and etc.
• generous and friendly supervisor who taught me so many stuffs
• meal expenses covered by supervisor( He shared the same food liking with me and so our lunch mostly are sushi rolls...YUM)
• Getting to know most updated drugs in market eg. Fosamax Plus D-Cal; Januvia; Arava and etc.
• Learnt that all professions are to be highly respected for the effort and time they put into it. (Drug rep is not an easy job as we see it and shouldn't be seen merely a salesman promoting their products. They did many researches too and earned it in a hard way. They have to wait for GPs until they are free to meet drug rep and often being challenged with some tough and critical questions. )
• Get to visit many places eg. kingston, huon ville, cygnet, launceston and etc.

Today i got to visit cygnet, a beautiful town near huon ville. Met up with an old GP who looks so much like the old man in Christmas Carol ! His way of thinking and knowledge amazed me very much! He may be old but he never stop studying and learning..Look at the no. of books in his room and you will know y i said so.

He is a chatty GP too and recommended us a few award-winning restaurants in cygnet. At first glance, i thought that cygnet is another town with "weird" ppl but once again, dont judge the book by its cover..One of the cafe has won award of "the best country cafe in Tasmania" and another fine dining restaurant was named as "the best dining place in Aus"

Wow!!! I will definitely go back to this peaceful town and visit the GP again!

Joys in animal hospital!

I thought i will sleep in today but my body alarm clock just won't let me to do so...placement in animal hosp last few days made me so used to this daily routine.

Yes, vet placement had officially ended yesterday with a simple presentation to hosp staffs.

I must say that tis hosp is really like a big family and all the staffs are so well bonded to each other..I was so spoil by them with the yummiest morning tea ever..White mud cake; raspberry slices, apple crumble, chocolates, lollies, baked raspberry cheesecake and etc..Not good to my waistline though:( hehe..

Thanks God that i gained so much experiences throughout these 4 days..I got to witness so many surgeries eg.de-sex, dental, lump removal, spey, microchip insertion, giving birth, ear flush, wound suture and etc.. Also got to learn many new drugs eg. Pentosan Polysulfate for arthritis and sometimes interstitial urethritis, inhalation anesthetics such as isofluorane, Ernofloxacin the common quinolone antibiotics for dogs but can not be used in human due to hallucination effects.

Most importantly i learnt that you have to be really passionate and be prepared for the cost and time before keeping a pet. You have to be prepared with the fact that dogs or cats dont live too long, max 15 years.. It really upsets me when i see the owner sobbing over their severely-ill pets..

Of cos there are still lotsa joys in the hosp when new babies are born or when the puppies recovered and ran around in hosp..

A quick snap of the little puppy.. Good job doggie mummy! You done well..

Aww...How sweet is this..(the puppy will only open the eyes after 3 weeks)

1st Day of Animal Hospital Placement~~~

Woo!! 1st day of vet placement is tiring yet so satisfying..

It was really an amazing and eye-opening's experience as i got to witness 2 de-sex surgeries of puppies; dental procedures; consultation with owners by the vet; inject medicines to a little puppy; hugging the animals when they were injected and etc.

The staffs were all very friendly to me esp the vet who taught me so much today! She even asked me some pharmacy questions and i was so glad that she said it was so useful to have pharmacy student around! She is sooo humble and i love her alot:)

Never knew that animal drugs are quite similar to humans' one except the dose are mostly based on weight. But of cos there were still some drugs which more common in animals eg. S-adenosylmethionine for arthritis or liver disease.

Btw, it is really expensive to keep a dog here as all the de-sex, vaccination, blood tests and medications can easily cost you few hundred to thousand dollars. I saw a few scripts today which were charged $800 and above..now u can imagine how much the vet was paid ya..hehe

Also, it really needs lotsa effort and patience to keep them..esp in australia due to the strict regulations which i think is really good in protecting the animals..

One dog's owner came today and was crying as her little puppy hasn't been eating for 4 days and vomited for 3 continuous days and even worse, the puppy's abdominal was swelling..Plus she was worried over the surgery fees too..X Ray was done and puppy was admitted..Hopefully she will recover really soon and it will not cost a bomb to the owner.

A great day packed with lotsa knowledges and i definitely look forward to more new stuffs tomorrow!!

The Goodness of EMO!!!

It had been a long time since i spent the entire day in my little room, watching the blue sky blankly, listening to emo songs, doing nothing except day dreaming...

At this moment, i feel peaceful and enjoy this special luxury of mine:)

Unlike the pic, i didn't feel lonely and not crying...

I have such tendency to indulge in my own world too...i cant remember when was my last time to relax in my own room without having to rush my assignments and homeworks..

Yes, i do worry about the result which on next wed..instead my hsemates know that i have bad dreams on that recently..

But at this moment, i chose to escape from these worries..

I just wanna dwell in this simple peace that given by my Almighty King...

I feel good to stay in this "Emoness" I will wake up from this emoness when it's time..Like the song said: Wake me up when September Ends~~~