venerdì, aprile 15, 2005
:: ambulance run - hell of an exciting day! PART II ::At the clinic:
Sr pm almost mistook the doctor for the cleaner, apparently the doctor (a very nice one too) was hovering and being very very concerned for the patient, Sr pm admitted she almost wanted to say, 'auntie ah, thank you'... i would say, i wasn't far behind either... She was really sharp and the first thing she said was, hypocount how much?
Doc: oops...
so we did it in the alpha... i did the GCS too... and oh my... it was like E2V1M4... standby case!!!
Looked like a stroke, eventually at the next time i went to hotel 6, it was confirmed to be a massive MCA stroke! poor lady!
i was very disturbed by this incident at the ED... there's this doc, i shall call him SD (for shuai4 doc) (PS: i lurve his voice, sooo charming... )
SD: med student? show me her relatives...
me: ok, this way...
relatives (husband, pt's mother and pt's brother): clusters around, looking very worried... and scared... and clueless... they don't look like they speak english well...
SD: your wife is dangerously ill, can you tell me about her medical history? what medical history?
relatives: er er... HUH....
SD: diabetes? hypertension? when she started giddiness? where did ambulance pick her up from?
relatives: clinic...
SD: which clinic? polyclinic?
relatvies: no no, clinic
SD: hospital? she went to other hospital?
relatives: no, no, clinic... private clinic...
SD: oh, u mean GP... next time be succinct with your answers...
me: *eyes bulging, thinking, u need to re-do yr cofm posting...*
relatives: ....
SD: she works?
husband: (looks VERY clueless)
mother: (looks at SD like he's from outerspace)
brother: yes she works... cleaner, yesterday also working.
SD: ok, i'll appraise you of her condition, we'll run some scans and tests, right now she's dangerously ill, i'll appraise you soon. (then he leaves, with a dashingly sweep of his arm or dunno what)
me: *appraise?!?!*
finally, i decided to retake the history from the relatives using SIMPLE singlish (and boy, i found out some salient points too!), and explained that the doctors were doing some tests for the pt and that if they had any questions or worries they could let the nurse know, and meanwhile, take a seat at the waiting area... and that the SD will come and tell them about the pt when the results are out...
relatives: ah, ok ok... thank you very much.
To be continued...
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