Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A day as a MEDical Student



Apa kabar korang sumer? Sihat? Alhamdulillah.

Okay, arini saya nak citer pasal experience semalam. Ehmm, biase r semalam kan ari selasa, so, saya kena r pg clinical skill class. Pagi tu mmg rase malas btul nak pg kelas sbb dah 4 hari holiday- bank holiday. Maklumlah lepas prince William n Kate kawin, pastu sambung cuti weken n cuti labour day.

Tp since skrg ni dah summer, maka pukul 5.30am pun dah sgt cerah. Mmg mata anda automatically akan terbuka. Setiap 1 jam saya akan terbangun dari tidur sbb rase mcm dah siang, tp padahal baru pkl 2am, 3am, 4am, 5am. Okay, sambung balik citer clinical skill tadi.

Pagi ni tema die: emergency medicine. So, kene pg 6 session yg berbeza tapi asyik2 ulang step yg same.

A
      B
           C
                D
                     E

Ape kebendenya belajar alphabets kat medical school ? haha…tp bende tu r yg asyik lecturer ulang pg tadi. A for AIRWAYS,  B f or BREATHING, C for CIRCULATION, D for DISABILITY n E for EXPOSURE.

Okay after lunch, (padahal x pg lunch pun), so, saya kene pg surgery plak . Observe GP consultation. Turun naik bas, n then sempat singgah ASDA beli hole puncher n donut tuk lunch. Pastu, take another bus to County Oak Med Centre. Sbb excited nak naik bas, lupe plak nak tunjuk bus pass kat driver. Pastu ape lagi, driver tu pun cakap: 
"show me the money…money!!! ." 

NASIB BAIK r xde org kt dlm bus tu, so cepat2 r cakap I’m SORRY…n terus cepat2 duduk.. cover malu r katekan.

Sampai awal kat Med CENTRE tu. So, boring n x tau nak watpe. Okay, last2 GP tu kuar n ajak kitorg pg home visit. So, arini dpt r jalan2 naik kete ngan GP tu sambil wat home visit. Ala2 rombongan sekolah gitu. On the way g umah patient tu, my course mate tanye kat GP tu:

“ehhm, doctor x bawak sticker kete ke?” ( sticker tu acknowledge yg kita ni GP n then nnt sng r nak parking).
Pastu GP tu kate:

“xpe . kat brighton ni senang nak carik tmpt parking. No worries r.” (aku translate dlm BM r ye)

Dipendekkan cite, kitorg pun smpi r kat flat Uncle S. Cian die sbb terpaksa  pakai nasal cannulae tuk supply oxygen. Pak cik ni ade penyakit lung fibrosis n sejak dua menjak ni keadaan die makin teruk. Dapat r dengar wheezing sound tiap kali pak cik ni nak bernafas. Ada tanda2 centrally cyanosis n clubbing. Pastu, kitorg practice wat lung percussion kat uncle tu. N then uncle tu tunjuk r oxygen concentrator machine yg die guna. Aku terkejut gak, banyak n besar sungguh mesin tu. 

Pertemuan dgn uncle ni wat aku berfikir n bermuhasabah diri sejenak. Alhamdulillah, sbb Allah masih bg kita kesempatan utk menyedut oxygen tanpa halangan. Cuba bayangkan bertapa susahnye uncle tu nak bergerak sbb terpaksa bergerak dgn wayar2 oxygen kat hidung die…ehhhmmm, kita kene bersyukur sgt kawan2. ALLAH x charge 1 sen pun utk setiap molecule oxygen yg kita sedut. FREE je..sdgkan uncle tu (in this case NHS) terpaksa bayar mahal utk oxygen supply machine tu….REFLECTION: sentiase bersyukur.

After kuar dari flat pak cik tu, tiba2 nampak truck clamping kereta. Nasib baik kitorg cepat, klu x mesti kereta tu dah kene clamp. Sgt effisien pekerja2 kat sini, jap je dorang nak clamp kete yg parking tanpa permit kat mane2 private parking. LEARN another lesson today: kene sentiase prepare dlm ape jua keadaan. Mcm kes GP tu, b4 this dia kata dia x pernah bawak sticker kereta tu sbb x pernah kene pulak kene clamp b4 this. Tapi harini lain pulak yg jadi. So, moral of the story is: always be prepared in any circumstances n always expect the unexpected. We never know what’ll happen. So, better be prepared.

Kembali ke surgery tuk observe GP consultation. N I came across another interesting issues today- CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS (CP). Ade sorg teenager umur dlm belasan tahun dtg ngan mommy die psl irregular period problem. N then, her mom ask the GP to prescribe her daughter with contraceptive pill for her menstrual problem (in this case the pills are using as hormonal therapy rather than contraceptive purpose).

At first, aku mmg agak terkejut r. Ehmm, x sangke plak budak2 kat sini dah amik contraceptive pill since usia yg sgt muda lagi. Sbb seingat aku kat msia, CP ni dianggap mcm taboo especially kat rural areas. Ye r, mak2 je yg amik pil ni kan? Tuk family planning. X terfikir plak boleh amik sbg hormonal therapy.Then GP tu pun citer r psl CP prescription kat UK ni. Ehmm, baru aku tau nape bende ni sgt common kat sini. Coz budak2 kat sini start having sex at such young age, so the government terpakse provide CP as a solution to control early pregnancy. They have to do something to control the damage.

Bila aku fikir balik, ehmm, betapa indahnya ISLAM tu kan? Larangan mengadakan hubungan seks sblm berkahwin tu sgt perfect. If we follow the religious taught, inshaALLAH r government pun x payah nak wat cam kat UK ni. Islam sgt menjaga kemaslahatan umatnye.  Menjauhkan kita dari problem2 yg x kita ingini. INDAH kan ISLAM? Sgt INDAH…

Okay, that’s my story today. Hope u learn something from it. 

3 comments:

  1. 1: babe, comellya blog header youuuu.your siblings? tarik pipi can can?

    2.OMY best kan babe clinical attachment! I learnt a lot too like you did.But babe, bukan kat Uk NHS tanggung semua, why you kate pakcik tu kena bayar ye?

    3.Betul betul betul!bebudak sini awal awal dah amik pills la hormone la.i ingat umur 16 ,17 tu i boleh layan lagila.but ade budak 13 tahun babe! 13! dia dah miscarriage! wah wah wah.muka tak remorseful pon,dtg gp alone mintak hormone stick kat lengan dia.

    but actually, tak semua teengaer uk buat cam tu.ade kawan i cun melecun,virgin lagi.


    good post babe!

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  2. lel~ suke la bace ko punye cerita...nice gile..aku rase mcm aku pulak kat sane..huhuhuhu..btw,ko story la lagi ek..nk sgt tau kehidupan ko kat sane..

    ^_^ miss u bebeh!! ^_^

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  3. slm,
    byk yg boleh drenungkan mlalui perkongsian pengalaman sebegini.
    moga terus maju jaya.
    t kasih & jazakallah khier...

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