Archive for March, 2008

Asthma and Respiratory Therapy

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Breathing is one thing, Having an asthma attack is another. So I met this lady that moved in a room across my house and she has asthma. I realized that I learned about asthma backwards and forwards and general medications for it. Of course the first thing I asked was, how often do you use […]

Student Discouragement

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Today did not go as well as I thought it would. I had my chest assement check off and I thought I was ready. So I did my assement and 1/4 of the way I was not able to answer a few questions and was said to take it again. I was so discouraged from […]

Respiratory Therapist, Changing the Life of Others

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

I did my clinicals today and I can say that at this point, I really enjoy it. Sure waking up at 6am really sucks but once I’m doing my rounds and finishing it 3 hours past and I think to myself.. where did the time go?  I am so into it now that I feel […]

I did a whole day of RT Work

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

So I was with this one RT and i had to admit she was really cool and was very knowledgeable. I had 8 patients to do  and every RT would know that mornings are a drag. All your Q6s + Q4s are all in the same time. I did all the patients and treatments in […]

Doctors Yelling at RTs

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

I learned a valuable lesson today. No i did not get yelled at in clinicals and I hope I never do as a student because it might discourage me. So the RT I was with earlier told a story about a Physician yelling at him across the hall. He said that the doctor ordered the […]

NRB Mistake!

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

So I was going through my clinicals today and I did the most dumbest mistake. A patient was having a hard time breathing and he was also about to be intubated. So while the physicians and nurses and everyone else talked in the room about what to do, they had me put him on a […]