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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Pediatric ED
1. Did the videos you watched today cause you to have an emotional response?
2. Did anything about being at the Children's Hospital make a big impression on you?
The Children's Hospital was great today. I really enjoyed watching the videos; the visual representation of all the ABCDE steps we learned about in the Adult Hospital was helpful. It was, however, hard to see the kids in such bad conditions, particularly the little girl who was ran over. I thought the youtube video showing a doctor drilling a central line into his leg was pretty cool.
I really enjoyed the Pediatric Emergency Department today, particularly the videos that we watched. I found it really interesting to watch footage from two actual emergency situations and how doctors and nurses reacted to the different conditions that the children were in. Also, as freaked out as I was by the IO, I thought it was really cool how they could still provide the patient medication without the "traditional" IV being placed in the arm.
The life flight video is probably what upset me the most. I was so shocked that Ulysses didn't come out of the ER looking perfectly normal. He actually looked like he had been hit by a bus, with the walker and his odd looking face and jerky movements. It was touching, but I think I somehow expected the emergency doctors to wave a wand and make him completely normal again, which is silly but I think we tend to expect more than is possible from hospitals. I was surprised by how calm the surgeons and nurses were acting in the videos before the patients arrived. I thought they would be really stressed out but and dramatic, but they were just calm and collected about the whole thing!
The Pediatric ED was my favorite part of today. Watching the videos of pediatric trauma was extremely helpful because it allowed me to better understand the ABCDE steps we learned earlier. Seeing the injured children was difficult, but I think it emphasized the importance of the ED. I think the Children's Hospital, in general, is a pretty cool place for children. It's really neat that a hospital can be so inviting and colorful.
While watching the videos of pediatric trauma, I couldn't help but think about everything the doctors must be going through. They have to work together and remember that each person has a specific job during the procedure, but they also have to remain collected because a mistake here could mean a person's life. Although I do want to go into the medical profession after college, I don't think I could handle being an ER doctor.
On a brighter note, I really enjoyed being inside of the Children's hospital because the environment is so incredibly inviting! I've never been admitted to a hospital as a patient before, but if it means I get to stay at the Vandy Children's hospital, I don't think I would mind it as much.
Visiting the Ped. ER was extremly interesting and incredible to see, and my respect for the doctors and nurses involved in any trauma process was greatly increased. However, it also made me realize that type of atmosphere is not somewhere I would want to spend up to 60 hours a week. In response to what Chris said, I too was suprised about the atmosphere within the room before the patient arrived. I suppose this is a daily routine, but it was so not the behavior I expected!
This was definately my favorite part of the day. The video was so impressive and almost mind-blowing to realize that it was at one time live and reality for the doctors and the patient at hand. I have spent much time in the Children's Hospital before given my mom's job, but this session today and the video really gave me a new appreciation for what she does every day. Not only this, but the experience, especially the video, today really helped solidify my desire to work in the pediatric field. I found that the amount of information and teaching with actual tools used in practice made me feel intelligent (though I am lacking often) because it made sense and I didn't feel lost but informed and extremely interested to the point of feeling as though I could see myself doing this forever. Overall, the Children's Hospital experience was enlightening and awesome.
The videos made me want to help; I was really pulled into the story of each patient. I had never seen or heard of an IO. Learning about new procedures like the IO is always fun and interesting.
I think the thing that struck me the most was the fact that all of the equipment in the adult ed and the pediatric ed were very similar and that the level of care that they provide children is on par if not better than the care they give adults. I had always thought that for children everything would be smaller (I guess that's just how my mind works) but if you were to throw me into one of the rooms I would not be able to tell you if it was for adults or children.
The Pediatric ED did a great job of displaying to us the steps of a level 1 trauma through the videos of the children being intubated,etc. I didn't really understand the severity of the actual child until most of the immediate actions took place and they had time to explain what got the child into the ER. Hearing stories like those make the child reality and become a life to save rather than just a body.
The videos we watched today did cause an emotional response, because the visual representations of the many traumas verbally described by the ED doctors made these horrors much more real to me. The Children's Hospital's atmosphere left a big impression on me. Every aspect of the hospital is carefully thought out to be conducive to the specific needs of an adolescent patient.
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The Children's Hospital was great today. I really enjoyed watching the videos; the visual representation of all the ABCDE steps we learned about in the Adult Hospital was helpful. It was, however, hard to see the kids in such bad conditions, particularly the little girl who was ran over. I thought the youtube video showing a doctor drilling a central line into his leg was pretty cool.
I really enjoyed the Pediatric Emergency Department today, particularly the videos that we watched. I found it really interesting to watch footage from two actual emergency situations and how doctors and nurses reacted to the different conditions that the children were in. Also, as freaked out as I was by the IO, I thought it was really cool how they could still provide the patient medication without the "traditional" IV being placed in the arm.
The life flight video is probably what upset me the most. I was so shocked that Ulysses didn't come out of the ER looking perfectly normal. He actually looked like he had been hit by a bus, with the walker and his odd looking face and jerky movements. It was touching, but I think I somehow expected the emergency doctors to wave a wand and make him completely normal again, which is silly but I think we tend to expect more than is possible from hospitals.
I was surprised by how calm the surgeons and nurses were acting in the videos before the patients arrived. I thought they would be really stressed out but and dramatic, but they were just calm and collected about the whole thing!
The Pediatric ED was my favorite part of today. Watching the videos of pediatric trauma was extremely helpful because it allowed me to better understand the ABCDE steps we learned earlier. Seeing the injured children was difficult, but I think it emphasized the importance of the ED. I think the Children's Hospital, in general, is a pretty cool place for children. It's really neat that a hospital can be so inviting and colorful.
While watching the videos of pediatric trauma, I couldn't help but think about everything the doctors must be going through. They have to work together and remember that each person has a specific job during the procedure, but they also have to remain collected because a mistake here could mean a person's life. Although I do want to go into the medical profession after college, I don't think I could handle being an ER doctor.
On a brighter note, I really enjoyed being inside of the Children's hospital because the environment is so incredibly inviting! I've never been admitted to a hospital as a patient before, but if it means I get to stay at the Vandy Children's hospital, I don't think I would mind it as much.
Visiting the Ped. ER was extremly interesting and incredible to see, and my respect for the doctors and nurses involved in any trauma process was greatly increased. However, it also made me realize that type of atmosphere is not somewhere I would want to spend up to 60 hours a week. In response to what Chris said, I too was suprised about the atmosphere within the room before the patient arrived. I suppose this is a daily routine, but it was so not the behavior I expected!
This was definately my favorite part of the day. The video was so impressive and almost mind-blowing to realize that it was at one time live and reality for the doctors and the patient at hand. I have spent much time in the Children's Hospital before given my mom's job, but this session today and the video really gave me a new appreciation for what she does every day. Not only this, but the experience, especially the video, today really helped solidify my desire to work in the pediatric field. I found that the amount of information and teaching with actual tools used in practice made me feel intelligent (though I am lacking often) because it made sense and I didn't feel lost but informed and extremely interested to the point of feeling as though I could see myself doing this forever. Overall, the Children's Hospital experience was enlightening and awesome.
The videos made me want to help; I was really pulled into the story of each patient. I had never seen or heard of an IO. Learning about new procedures like the IO is always fun and interesting.
I think the thing that struck me the most was the fact that all of the equipment in the adult ed and the pediatric ed were very similar and that the level of care that they provide children is on par if not better than the care they give adults. I had always thought that for children everything would be smaller (I guess that's just how my mind works) but if you were to throw me into one of the rooms I would not be able to tell you if it was for adults or children.
The Pediatric ED did a great job of displaying to us the steps of a level 1 trauma through the videos of the children being intubated,etc. I didn't really understand the severity of the actual child until most of the immediate actions took place and they had time to explain what got the child into the ER. Hearing stories like those make the child reality and become a life to save rather than just a body.
The videos we watched today did cause an emotional response, because the visual representations of the many traumas verbally described by the ED doctors made these horrors much more real to me.
The Children's Hospital's atmosphere left a big impression on me. Every aspect of the hospital is carefully thought out to be conducive to the specific needs of an adolescent patient.
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