Sports Trauma
I’m seeing a lot of sports injuries on my second shift rotation. I had three different patients tonight with padded football pants. One of them had the worst femoral fracture I have seen in my experiences. His fracture was down at the condyles, in the thickest and most dense portion of the femur. I think he ended up in surgery later in the evening. One of the others had a fractured radius down near the wrist, and I can’t remember the exact injury on the third patient. Once again, most of my patients on second shift were younger people.
I am enjoying the second shift rotation. I’m beginning to get the hang of modifying procedures to accommodate a trauma patient who can’t get into a standard position. I just think these routines may take a little more practice before the intuition on my part begins to solidify.
The people I’m working with are excellent as well. One of the techs that I mostly work with is very helpful and a good teacher. His willingness to teach us is making this an excellent experience.
I was also able to claim last night’s trauma cervical spine as a comp, so that was also a nice addition to my requirements. Hopefully I’ll pick up a couple more required comps before my second shift rotation is over…
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