Well, I've finished my first week as a surgical intern. While it sucks that I've got to redo my first year, surgery is EVERYTHING that family medicine wasn't. Everything is so much faster paced...not time to think, just 'GET IT DONE!' This is how I like it. I'm working the first 14 days before I get a day off, but they do keep us under 80 hours (barely).
During my first two months, I'll be on the vascular service (veins, arteries, and LOTS of wounds). Not a lot of operating room time, but I did get to put in 9 central lines in the OR. Lots and lots of wound care; disgusting, rotting, smelly flesh, rotting off of patients legs and feet.
Despite the inconvenience of moving cross country again and leaving beautifly Colorado (hardest on Monica), making the change to surgery was the best (and hardest) decision I've ever made.
Will continue to try and post...
... Paul
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1 comment:
Hey Paul, glad to hear the first week got you a lot of procedures - that is awesome. I remember doing 2 weeks of vascular surgery at Einstein - the smells of wound care and decubitus ulcers are forever etched into my mind. It is funny how you can forget a lot of stuff, but you can never forget how bad rotten flesh smells
Matt
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