so i wore my first scrubs today. most probably the last time. but it was so cool! I think the only thing is that had a huge top. i mean HUGE! but other than that, watching someone sear the skin with a metal rod, watching the living heart beat in a chest held open with three pieces of metal, watching the heart slow to a stop as potassium poisons it, then restarted with those paddles…wow.

we were made to stand in the corner while prep was going on and we got a pretty good view of the indwelling catheter going in. ugh! prepping went for a good half an hour. the nice anaesthetist called us over and our observation of cardiac surgery from there.

there were some med students there as well and the anaesthetist was asking a whole lot of questions about the patient’s blood gases and we student physios answered most of them. that resulted in his constant invitation for us to do medicine. ahh…no.

in an otherwise great day, it’s really tiring watching surgery.

oh, another one of the perks?

free toast.