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Thursday, November 9

I had a really fun anaesthesia posting! I'm considering it as one of my future career paths!

Initially i was kinda sad that I got Changi for my anaesthesia posting cos its further away than like TTSH and SGH... But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise i think! I had the most wonderful tutor who was so patient and nice and willing to let me try all the procedures! :) I really enjoy intubating... ok, this may sound weird, but a successful intubation is very satisfying... I feel very happy whenever I see the tube sliding past the vocal cords and 3 point auscultation shows equal breath sounds bilaterally without any gurgling in the epigastrium... And what's challenging about it is that all the time the patient is apnoeic! So you really have to have a sense of urgency... The patient's life is in your hands!

"Its not failure of intubation but failure of ventilation that kills the patient"

Anyway, I really enjoyed my posting cos it was hands on and I had a wonderful tutor who took me through everything... when she was post call, she also got another wonderful colleague to 'babysit' me! :) So well, i had a really fun time there... and it also helped that both of them said I was pretty good at intubating for a 1st timer! Yay... that really made my day... :)

Unfortunately i had difficulty intubating the last few patients for my posting... the tube got kinked somehow and couldn't go down... I was pretty sad... but i guess everything comes with practice!

As my co-tutor put it: "I've been doing this for more than 10 years so I've gotta be better in some ways than newbies..."

Hope opthalmology's as fun! I think I like postings where I can practice my dexterity...

*Me to You*
Tatter teddy posted at 11:15 pm