A boring tale of a boring work experience
YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!! We're on the grey level, near a toilet, and not the nearest class to the SAC...meaning teachers won't here us making noise cos they won't be passing by our way!!! OK, so the lockers are smaller, and Stevie is CT, and Ali Chew PCT, but that makes the class more crazy right? A dynamic, talk cock duo and a screwed up class... next year's gonna be fun(I hope and should be unless we get tons of homework and horrid teachers)! Today went for BB early cos I thought I had to take my Christian Education re-exam cos they lost my script, so I left waterpolo early and took the exam. Much later during parade, I found, to my horror, I had passed and my script had not been lost when I took the exam in March...I had taken the exam this morning for nothing!!! BB was ok, had captain's ball...zheng yang's idea again, and he's not even in activities! Anyway, this week has been nuts, I never imagined work experience would be like this, time to tell a tale of the slackest week of my life(during school term).
Monday- went to the rehab clinic with my partner, Jon Lui. To our delight, no one was there, so we wandered the hospital until 11 when we asked and were allowed to go for lunch until 1.30pm.After that did nothing until 3.30 when we went for ORIENTATION...and we had already walked around the hospital like, I can't even remember how many times,lol. Went home at 5, so spent 4 hrs slacking in total, and that's just Monday.
Tuesday- went to x-ray department, in the morning, I saw 2 MRI scans, was told how the magnet works and was then neglected, so after that 1.5hrs, I decided to read a book, and later was sort of issued an ultimatum by an irrate 60+ looking doctor, either read outside, or stop reading, I chose the former, and I hope that shows to you how boring it was sitting in a dark and cramped room watching a screen of images which I wasn't trained to be able to decipher. Went for lunch at 12.15 to Macs again, having gone on Monday. Bumped into my mom, who told the whole department that I was her son, and gave Lui and I some garlic bread. After lunch we got a proper tour of the place, so it was quite fun, and spent 0.5hrs watching the CT scan screens before reading until 4.30, when I went home.
Wednesday- most dramatic day. Had this Malay nurse, Nazri, show us around the accident and emergency place, before getting a call that a 65-yr old woman in ICU with cancer of the pancreas had a family who wanted to take her off the respirator at home so she could die on her bed. I went upstairs to the ICU, it was a depressing place, children crying and others dying, I felt kind of sad being there. Lui and I were told to take off our student attachment tags so the family wouldn't know we were just students as they might get angry, however Lui wasn't going into the ambulance. I helped carry her from her bed and into her stretcher, then along with the nurses, helped push her down to the ground level, and again helped lift her into the ambulance. In the amulance, there was a daughter, Nazri, a gay-looking Fillipino nurse, Vincent(the driver), and me. We sped along the highway at 120km/hr to her house at East Coast. The patient, who's eyes had been nearly closed the whole time, suddenly opened them fully as we got off the highway, and she teared/cried. Nazri carried out CPR, as the woman's daughter looked on worriedly. Her pulse returned, and we hurried to the house and had to take her to her room on the second floor. There, in her bedroom,still on the stretcher, she died in front of her family and us, as we made it with 20s to spare. God didn't want her to go by pulling off the respirator, he made sure she died the more moral way, dying naturally. As the family burst into tears, we left for the ambulance, as Nazri put it, "to let the family cool off". Ten minutes later, we re-entered the house, and took out the drips and put on plasters, before finally changing her into decent clothing as the hospital gown had to be taken back. We also had to take her off the stretcher and onto the bed, before tucking her in, snug beneath the blankets to warm her cold body. How do I know it was cold? I touched her with my hands! Later, I realised that most people, even medical students, faint when they witness a death, let alone touch a dead body, change its clothes, and take out drips from the body, so I guess I must have a bit of bravery, considering I just felt sad for her and the family. I prayed for her to myself, not like with closed eyes and all, but just a quick prayer for her departed soul, I know its in heaven, you'll know why later. Went back and did nothing as it was Lui's turn on the ambulance, although his was less dramatic, and did I mention the FREE nasi lemak lunch given by those super nice A and E people? Later, when Lui returned, he handed me 2 huge packs of Cadbury chocolate and a Snapple drink, he also had one and a Pringles. It turned out Nazri had bought these snacks for us, how good can it get? I took one Cadbury and a drink, but didn't want the Pringles, as I don't really like it.
Thursday- checked the Obutaries, and the patient was there, with a Christian quote beneath her picture and name, haha, that's how I found out she must be in heaven. Went to my mom's friends clinic, under her friend, Dr. Liang Te Shan. In the morning were all expats, while in the afternoon locals. We had lunch from 11.30 to 2.30, as he said no patients came during this time. With time to kill, Lui and I wandered Tanglin Mall before meeting Bryan Yeo for lunch at the food court(no more Mac's in case I become the next super size me person). Called Zheng Hao who was doing nothing at Singtel to meet us, so we went to Orchard MRT to meet him. How fun! We talked and walked all the way back to Gleneagles- good way to burn the calories eaten when one consumes a giant chicken chop with a lot of excess oil. Zheng Hao wanted to stay with us in the clinic, so we invented a story about him being our PSL (Peer Support Leader). Then stood for the rest of the day in the office, getting aching knees, and bad circulation. Left at 4 for chinese tuition where I learned how to play cards again cos I keep forgetting how to play.
Friday- went to the dreaded ward 7 West. After seeing one male patient with the nurse, we couldn't do anything cos we were told we couldn't go into female patient's rooms and all the other patients on the level were female. So we walked around the level discussing inter-class before asking whether we could be reunited with our bags in the nurse tea room. We were allowed! And were also given permission to watch TV! So spent the day slacking there, watching a bit of HBO, CNN, and Iron Chef, there were no cable channels besides HBO, BBC, and CNN. Also read, listened to music, and had an early lunch. Went off at 3 to do IC card and passport. In total we walked around the ward 25 times, and slacked for countless hours, how's that for work experience?
Monday- went to the rehab clinic with my partner, Jon Lui. To our delight, no one was there, so we wandered the hospital until 11 when we asked and were allowed to go for lunch until 1.30pm.After that did nothing until 3.30 when we went for ORIENTATION...and we had already walked around the hospital like, I can't even remember how many times,lol. Went home at 5, so spent 4 hrs slacking in total, and that's just Monday.
Tuesday- went to x-ray department, in the morning, I saw 2 MRI scans, was told how the magnet works and was then neglected, so after that 1.5hrs, I decided to read a book, and later was sort of issued an ultimatum by an irrate 60+ looking doctor, either read outside, or stop reading, I chose the former, and I hope that shows to you how boring it was sitting in a dark and cramped room watching a screen of images which I wasn't trained to be able to decipher. Went for lunch at 12.15 to Macs again, having gone on Monday. Bumped into my mom, who told the whole department that I was her son, and gave Lui and I some garlic bread. After lunch we got a proper tour of the place, so it was quite fun, and spent 0.5hrs watching the CT scan screens before reading until 4.30, when I went home.
Wednesday- most dramatic day. Had this Malay nurse, Nazri, show us around the accident and emergency place, before getting a call that a 65-yr old woman in ICU with cancer of the pancreas had a family who wanted to take her off the respirator at home so she could die on her bed. I went upstairs to the ICU, it was a depressing place, children crying and others dying, I felt kind of sad being there. Lui and I were told to take off our student attachment tags so the family wouldn't know we were just students as they might get angry, however Lui wasn't going into the ambulance. I helped carry her from her bed and into her stretcher, then along with the nurses, helped push her down to the ground level, and again helped lift her into the ambulance. In the amulance, there was a daughter, Nazri, a gay-looking Fillipino nurse, Vincent(the driver), and me. We sped along the highway at 120km/hr to her house at East Coast. The patient, who's eyes had been nearly closed the whole time, suddenly opened them fully as we got off the highway, and she teared/cried. Nazri carried out CPR, as the woman's daughter looked on worriedly. Her pulse returned, and we hurried to the house and had to take her to her room on the second floor. There, in her bedroom,still on the stretcher, she died in front of her family and us, as we made it with 20s to spare. God didn't want her to go by pulling off the respirator, he made sure she died the more moral way, dying naturally. As the family burst into tears, we left for the ambulance, as Nazri put it, "to let the family cool off". Ten minutes later, we re-entered the house, and took out the drips and put on plasters, before finally changing her into decent clothing as the hospital gown had to be taken back. We also had to take her off the stretcher and onto the bed, before tucking her in, snug beneath the blankets to warm her cold body. How do I know it was cold? I touched her with my hands! Later, I realised that most people, even medical students, faint when they witness a death, let alone touch a dead body, change its clothes, and take out drips from the body, so I guess I must have a bit of bravery, considering I just felt sad for her and the family. I prayed for her to myself, not like with closed eyes and all, but just a quick prayer for her departed soul, I know its in heaven, you'll know why later. Went back and did nothing as it was Lui's turn on the ambulance, although his was less dramatic, and did I mention the FREE nasi lemak lunch given by those super nice A and E people? Later, when Lui returned, he handed me 2 huge packs of Cadbury chocolate and a Snapple drink, he also had one and a Pringles. It turned out Nazri had bought these snacks for us, how good can it get? I took one Cadbury and a drink, but didn't want the Pringles, as I don't really like it.
Thursday- checked the Obutaries, and the patient was there, with a Christian quote beneath her picture and name, haha, that's how I found out she must be in heaven. Went to my mom's friends clinic, under her friend, Dr. Liang Te Shan. In the morning were all expats, while in the afternoon locals. We had lunch from 11.30 to 2.30, as he said no patients came during this time. With time to kill, Lui and I wandered Tanglin Mall before meeting Bryan Yeo for lunch at the food court(no more Mac's in case I become the next super size me person). Called Zheng Hao who was doing nothing at Singtel to meet us, so we went to Orchard MRT to meet him. How fun! We talked and walked all the way back to Gleneagles- good way to burn the calories eaten when one consumes a giant chicken chop with a lot of excess oil. Zheng Hao wanted to stay with us in the clinic, so we invented a story about him being our PSL (Peer Support Leader). Then stood for the rest of the day in the office, getting aching knees, and bad circulation. Left at 4 for chinese tuition where I learned how to play cards again cos I keep forgetting how to play.
Friday- went to the dreaded ward 7 West. After seeing one male patient with the nurse, we couldn't do anything cos we were told we couldn't go into female patient's rooms and all the other patients on the level were female. So we walked around the level discussing inter-class before asking whether we could be reunited with our bags in the nurse tea room. We were allowed! And were also given permission to watch TV! So spent the day slacking there, watching a bit of HBO, CNN, and Iron Chef, there were no cable channels besides HBO, BBC, and CNN. Also read, listened to music, and had an early lunch. Went off at 3 to do IC card and passport. In total we walked around the ward 25 times, and slacked for countless hours, how's that for work experience?
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