Tuesday

Not much to report, life boring.
Went to work, my patient was really poorly, at one point I looked at his blood pressure and it was 50 / 20, which (for those not in the know I'll tell you) is a tad worrying. He was ok after a shot of adrenaline. Then he had to go for a c.t scan which is hard work what with numerous tubes, drains and wires, but it all went smoothly. I'm just glad I was on shift with some good workers who helped me out, otherwise I'd have been rushed off my feet. I feel I was a bit crap with the relatives, I find it hard talking to relatives at times, especially as we didn't know quite why the man was so ill. If I have a clear picture of someones condition I can funtion better with the families. I had a student with me who was very helpful but a bit dim. I gave her some potassium to give to the patient, I said ' now in that bag is 100mls, and it needs to run over 2 hours, so how mant mls an hours do we need to give it at' she said '300mls / hr', I said 'no' JESUS FUCKING SHIT, i THOUGHT I WAS BAD AT MATHS. She couldn't for the life of her work it out. I had to explain also the fatal consequences of giving potassium too fast.
Got a rub off b.f. when I got home. I've been putting some special scar oil on one of my scars as well as my usual creams, so I'll have to see what happens with it.