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I started my basic life support training today at Philippines Redcross. It's a free training supported by Mindanao Hospital (where I work). I learned a lot of things and I am glad I joined this training because I already forget some of the details on how to perform CPR. And now, I recovering my lost knowledge. /wahaha

CPR is a basic life support and you should also learn how to do it because we can never tell what we can encounter on the way. At least if you are a trained CPR provider, you can do emergency life support and save the life of the victim.

It's my first to handle a patient with a Stevens Johnson Syndrome. This disease is a rare condition common in adults but not true to all. My patient is a child, a 10 year-old girl. Look at the picture below. That's how a person looks like with Stevens Johnson Syndrome.

Stevens Johnson Syndrome is caused by drug allergies, infections and genetics. As for my patient, the doctor is still looking what causes her present disease. I just hope that my patient will be cured. While she's in the hospital, I'll give her the best care I have.

This afternoon [3pm] was our last day of duty for Week 4. Everything ran smoothly throughout the duty. There were no medication error, fluid excess or deficit or any negligence happened. Duty was totally successful because of zero error plus it's my clinical instructor's birthday today. We ate a little something after the duty and had a little chitchat. Here's a photo of "Us".

Yesterday, I was able to assist a normal delivery with a Hepa B client. The pregnant mother was unaware that she already have a Hepatitis B until one of the nurse told him that she's reactive to Hepatitis B virus. We were being told by our clinical instructor to be careful on the blood of the patient and avoid pricking needles because Hepa B is transmitted only through blood or sexually. Now, the question is... A baby born with a postive Hepa B mother can inherit the Hepa B virus?

Hepa B virus cannot pass to the placental barrier, only the Hepa C virus. But during the delivery, the blood from the mother will enter the eyes of the baby which can also be a portal of entry of the hepa B virus. So, that means... it is possible to inherit the Hepa B virus during the delivery.

How's life? I bet some of you are having fun and some are not. Well, that's the way life is. Anyway, I would like to tell you that I will be attending my review class this afternoon from 1:30pm to 5:00pm. I'm a little bit busy starting this week because clinical duties are starting already. I will be on duty this 7pm until 7am. So, sorry if I don't have time to visit you. But hey! I will surely hop at your site after my duties. Okay? Godspeed!

My classmate called me last night that we will have our on call duty today at 7am. Well, I want to go because I have less cases in my case book. I need more 14 cases to graduate and take the nursing board exam. Hays... I'm still sleepy though but got to go the bathroom now to take my shower. See guys arounD!

After a week in ICU, we are now assigned in Ward/Floor at MSH-Hospital. I was assigned to a patient with Amoebiasis. It wasn't so tiring because vital signs taking was every 4 hrs only and same with the Intake and Output Monitoring. After I took my initial vital signs at 4pm,I went to our student lounge and rest...

At 6pm I was preparing my medication, it was Ranitidine (ampule) to decrease gastric secretions. I got the syringe but the problem is I'm not good in opening the ampule (you opened the ampule by breakin the upper portion) I once opened an ampule during my summer class and it was not good. The ampule got me bleed. Since then, I have this fear of opening any ampule. Anyway, I have no choice but to open the Ranitidine ampule. When I break the top, wow it crushed into pieces, but luckily the lower portion was okay, the solution was still intact! Hehehe...

Hello guys, I just want to share with you about my duty in ICU. I had my duty in the ICU from 3pm-11pm. We have 3 patients in. One suffers from Hemorrhagic CVA, the other one from stroke and the young women from aortic aneurism. Hmm... ICU setting is very crucial. Patients are nearing death. I false move of the health care team, the patient would die.

ICU exposure is awesome since you will learn a lot of things. Like suctioning, NGT, caring of tracehostomy. Use of ECG, ventilator and etc. The tiring part in the ICU is to monitor their vital signs eery hour, or somtimes every 15 min. Wew. sweat it is.

I thought that staffs in the ICU would be very strict, but hey they are so friendly. They share knowledge, ideas and skills. ICU is so crucial but nice.

What I really don't like in the ICU is to see the families crying. And also, what I don't like too... is that, you will witness how the person die. And what's his/her face looks like.

Sum it up... Intensive Care Unit exposure is the time for us to learn many things. An opportunity for us.