Two Hands Are Better Than One

Assalamualaikum..Dah lama tak 'mengepos'... Many stories to share, tapi aura malas nak menaip. Now aura rajin datang, don't let it go.eheh..

Kita selalu dengar pepatah ni, two hands are better than one...or versi famous nya two head are better than one. ehe..Kesimpulannya kedua-duanya nak menampaikan mesej yang sama..Jadi saya nak share..


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Di wad orang-orang tua..

Sesiapa pun tahu agak mencabar nak mengingat health record atau case history of elderly people yang ada macam-macam sejarah penyakit yang begitu complicated dan sedang menjalani rehabilitasi untuk kehidupan yang lebih baik...

Teringat pengalaman di wad tu...

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Working hours came to an end---to say,it was time to go home. eh, who said? As long as I didn't finish my job that day, how can I go back? Usually I would spend 1-2-3 hours extra to finish my unsettled job. I'm quite slow, bear with me, lolzz

So, after the office hour( 5pm) that day, I went into a room to finish some work that need computer to be done!This is a tedious job, and I hate doing that. Even though I would do my best in finishing it. And that would take 1-2 hours....

In that ward, I got two branula to set up to 2 patients, which I have tried few times and couldn't get it right. So I just reminded the nurses to call the houseman from other ward to settle or help. That ward got no doctors taking care at night. Any issues after office hour was the responsibility of on-call doctor from another ward...Interesting, but working at that ward I got no weekend off. 7 days per week...

While I'm continuing the 'typing' job, the houseman on call came to help to set up the branula...
After some time, I thought everything was settled. But he went into the room and called me, "I couldn't set it," and asking me to help him. He was more senior than me in that posting, so I was like, if he can't set the branula, how can I...

I just smile and followed him to the patient. He said he has tried 3-5 times..wow..I just tried 1-2 and give up, heh..It's painful and I dare not to poke so many times, when I know it was futile..ehh.. So he said, "let's find it together"...He looked for the vein and found one near the thumb. What choice do we have?Just poke it..

But he asked me to set the branula while he hold the uncle's hand.That uncle was delerious ..we wanted to prevent him from unnecessary movement, heh..

Just first attempt by me-successful!! wow... He and me has spent almost an hour independently to get the vein. But when we worked together, it became easier, so fast...

Now another patient. This uncle, I have seen him previously, I know it's difficult to insert branula for him, and plus, he was quite irritable..especially if people failed to set the branula correctly...

So we look together and we found vein at the elbow. My colleague did this time while me holding the uncle..One attempt-successful....

I was like, how come it becomes this easy to insert the branula??when I have wasted hours for single of them...

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The lesson I really learnt from this story was....Many times, work are better to be done together. And many times it is so helpful and successful...So, let's help each other!! heh


-healthlover-

Impaired Hearing : A Story To Share

Assalamualaikum..

Pembaca yang dikasihi dan dirahmati Allah sekalian...
Saya nak berkongsi kisah saya tentang ' impared hearing/reduced or defective hearing' ni. Tak teruk pun ..but the experience was so valuable for me...

Keluarga saya ni,any one of them might have ENT problem sikit. Ear, Nose and Throat..

Ear (Telinga) - Ada adik beradik yang ada masalah telinga. Contohnya salah seorang adik  saya kena choleastetoma (berbelit lidah menyebutnya,fuuh..)-operation done..  dan saya sendiri ada sedikit hearing problem..heh..

Nose (hidung) - 4 ahli keluarga ada masalah berkaitan hidung . Sama ada resdung (sinusitis) atau allergic rhinitis. Atau kedua-duanya. Dalam keluarga memang ada sejarah asma. Jadi dia saling kait berkait...

Throat (Tekak) ? InsyaAllah takde..ehheh

Ganti dengan Eyes (Mata) -  5-6 ahli keluarga spectacle-dependent..Sebenarnya 5 , tapi sekarang ada adik saya dah mula pakai spect mata secara konsisten.

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Alright, sekarang berbalik kepada kisah utamanya..

Peristiwa Roti Berdarah

-PERISTIWA ROTI BERDARAH--

Bulan puasa...

Aku balik lambat sedikit untuk menghabiskan kerja di wad...

Tiba-tiba ada seorang remaja ni,..dia pelawat yakni--keluarga pesakit panggil, "Doktor, "..

Dia panggil tapi tak cakap aper...

Dia tunjuk je kat kubikel sebelah tu..

Masa tu jururawat-jururawat semua sibuk nak berbuka puasa dah...

Ooo..patutla aku kena panggil dulu..aku seorang yang tengah syok menyambung kerja..sikit lagi..sebelum balik..padahal dah nak berbuka pun..Ahh,, tak kisah, nak bukak kat rumah jugak..ehh..

Sampai kat kubikel tu..aku lihat seorang makcik tua ni berdarah-darah kat tangan dia.sampai .ke lantai..

Ni mesti pasal cabut branula..wa..memang darah akan memancut-mancut kalau tak tekan ...

Tapi yang paling unik sekali, dia lap dengan roti?? roti tu fully soaked with blood maa..wahh..ha..ni first time ni aku tengok..ini makanan meh..huh

Aku mula2 ambik tisu berdekatan, alihkan roti..kejapjer pastu..cepat-cepat ambik gauze banyak-banyak..tutupp...tekan...

buang roti-roti kat lantai dulu...hehh

Bersihkan sedikit tangan makciktu..dengan sanitizer...then plaster...

Then aku sambung sikit kerja dan sebelum balik inform nurse suruh kemas roti berdarahtu..hahaha...eshh..biasanya bukan nurse yang akan kemas,, cleaner or radicare...

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Tapi bila fikir-fikir balik, kita akan capai apa saja yang ada di sekeliling kalau dah masa-masa emergency/ atau saat-saat genting....manertahu ....

--healthlover-

Exam Question: How To Remove Ear Wax

"List 3 ways how to remove ear wax in this lady other than using ear drops".

I read the question thoroughly again anda again. Sounds like unbelievable question. Because that was not the main complaint of the lady since she came with symptoms of ear infections. I expected other things might be asked..

This is one of the question in final year theory paper as a final year medical student.

I remained static for a while with an opened mouth staring at the question displayed on the slide. 

And thinking, "What a question...so simple yet I don't know how to...".

I felt silly..it's not a tough question at all. I thought a more difficult question would be asked and here the most basic question came about common ear problem -ear wax. And I just smiling and laughing at myself silently..

It's okay. I tried to think of the answer...How do doctor remove the ear wax. Not a cotton bud please!! hehe..

Then instantly an idea came. I've experienced this actually -removal of earwax. Even tough I don't really have the exact knowledge about it theorethically at that moment. Flashback of memories came one by one, helping me to retrieve the answer.