This week was my week on paediatric intensive care, and I was determined to make a good impression. This lasted all of forty minutes into the ward round, when I collapsed and a code blue was called. I spent a sizable chunk of time on a paediatric trolley in the ED before going home for the day. For the rest of my time on paeds, I was greeted with ‘Oh, you’re THAT medical student’. Fabulous!
Fainting spells aside, I have really enjoyed paeds. I have seen a lot of the conditions that we read about in textbooks- congenital heart defects, inborn errors of metabolism etc. There are a good mix of patients, those who are fairly fit and well who just come in for one night after major surgery and those who are born with suck complex medical problems that they have been in ICU their entire lives. It has certainly raised some interesting ethical issues, and I reminded me why I love this specialty.
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