First of all I successfully passed the cardiovascular/respiratory sequence, including a 100% on my anatomy practical, woo!
This morning I went to the hospital for EMIG Day (EMIG stands for Emergency Medicine Interest Group). It's a day put on by the interest group and people in the emergency department at UMich to get some exposure to the field and get some hands on practical experience. The beginning of the day started with a short lecture about emergency medicine and then we split off into groups to go to different stations.
My first station was IV. I was basically freaking out from the very beginning because I hate needles going into me and we would be practicing on each other. I lucked out however and got paired with an M4 who didn't need practice and my arm was spared from pain. This did not make it an easy station for me however, as I hit some unexpected obstacles. I felt really bad to begin with because I felt awful putting a needle into someone who didn't need it just for practice. Silly, I know, but I felt bad anyways. I then very successfully placed the IV on my very first try, yay! During the placement I started feeling a little light headed and hot, and by the end of the placement I felt like I was going to puke, pass out, or both. Luckily I did neither and after putting my head down on the table for a bit and a cup of water I was fine again, but the feeling was awful. I am definitely going to need to get over that in the near future!!
Out next station was ultrasound, and that was pretty cool. We got to do some ultrasound on each other to look at our hearts, livers, kidneys, bladders, etc. I even got to see my inferior vena cava change diameter with each breath to determine if blood was flowing properly which was cool. After ultrasound we went to a wilderness medicine activity where we learned about assessing a patient in the wilderness and did a little simulation in which I was the victim of falling out of a tree. We then got to tour the Survival Flight helicopter, which was really cool! It's a huge and very high tech helicopter and the things Survival Flight is able to do are awesome. After that we went to another station and learned about backboards and neck collars and intubation. I think practicing the intubation on the dummies was my favorite part of the day.
So I had a really cool morning and I'm glad I went (and extra glad I didn't get an unnecessary IV this morning). Now it's time for football!! Michigan is beating Minnesota at the half and Stanford plays later today. Go Blue and Go Card!
This morning I went to the hospital for EMIG Day (EMIG stands for Emergency Medicine Interest Group). It's a day put on by the interest group and people in the emergency department at UMich to get some exposure to the field and get some hands on practical experience. The beginning of the day started with a short lecture about emergency medicine and then we split off into groups to go to different stations.
My first station was IV. I was basically freaking out from the very beginning because I hate needles going into me and we would be practicing on each other. I lucked out however and got paired with an M4 who didn't need practice and my arm was spared from pain. This did not make it an easy station for me however, as I hit some unexpected obstacles. I felt really bad to begin with because I felt awful putting a needle into someone who didn't need it just for practice. Silly, I know, but I felt bad anyways. I then very successfully placed the IV on my very first try, yay! During the placement I started feeling a little light headed and hot, and by the end of the placement I felt like I was going to puke, pass out, or both. Luckily I did neither and after putting my head down on the table for a bit and a cup of water I was fine again, but the feeling was awful. I am definitely going to need to get over that in the near future!!
Out next station was ultrasound, and that was pretty cool. We got to do some ultrasound on each other to look at our hearts, livers, kidneys, bladders, etc. I even got to see my inferior vena cava change diameter with each breath to determine if blood was flowing properly which was cool. After ultrasound we went to a wilderness medicine activity where we learned about assessing a patient in the wilderness and did a little simulation in which I was the victim of falling out of a tree. We then got to tour the Survival Flight helicopter, which was really cool! It's a huge and very high tech helicopter and the things Survival Flight is able to do are awesome. After that we went to another station and learned about backboards and neck collars and intubation. I think practicing the intubation on the dummies was my favorite part of the day.
So I had a really cool morning and I'm glad I went (and extra glad I didn't get an unnecessary IV this morning). Now it's time for football!! Michigan is beating Minnesota at the half and Stanford plays later today. Go Blue and Go Card!
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