Archive for the 'The Student Experience SRT' Category

Code Rapid Response

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Rapid Response to the fourth Floor.
Today was an interesting day in clinicals. It was so boring that me, being a student was able to treat all my patients within an hour. The rest of the day I had NOTHING to do. It was so slow that all the RTs just kicked back in the department. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Inspiration Time..WAIT inspired time

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

If you are going to ask me, waking up at 6am to go to clinical is such a hassle and nothing to look forward to. Today I woke up and got to clincal right on time. Next thing you know it was already 10:00 and I done 4 Tx. WOW time flyes by fast. So […]

I knew what I was doing

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Something that inspired me
So I was treating a patient and he needed a blow by. I had a nurse hold him down because he was a neruo patient who was tied dow. So I was using the blow by and this is basically a SVN (HHN) without an end.
The nurse asked me “when does the […]

<10 yrs ago I never thought I would give him a Tx

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Winterbreak was fun! Went on vacation. School started and the first week was like…OUCH!!. I have so many stuff to know and im thinking how will i do this? It was like takin 3weeks of a full semester last year put in ONE WEEK of this sem. Anyways. I need to know chest assements, pharmacology, […]

Before Finals A late post

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Before The last Final..
Hey guys! How’s it going? I have been MIA on this blog for a while because finals is killing me. Yesterday was clinicals and I have to say I experienced what happens in the ER. After 7 weeks of clinicals something finally happens. Not that its good for the patient but stuff […]