Cannulae and counter-traction. Preparation part 2.
Only a month to go until I leave to head North đŹ As part of my preparation for the remote single handed GP sabbatical role it was recommended that having some recent A&E experience would be helpful. Gulp. The last time I worked in A&E was in the â90s as a very green SHO just 18 months out of medical school. Whilst I loved the medicine, if youâve seen or read âThis is Going to Hurtâ by the talented Adam Kay youâll have an idea of where Iâm coming from. Seven consecutive 12 hour night shifts where you were the only doctor in the department serving an entire county, was the norm. You had a consultant at home on the end of a phone. At times I found it terrifying and I think it probably traumatised my younger self. So I canât tell you how different my recent experience of shadowing a Consultant in the local A&E department has been. This took some setting up, I naively assumed I could just pitch up having got the go ahead from the Medical Director of the department. N...
