Neurosurgeon??

[BlueSky_3]

What you don't really get used to as much is many of the other more morbid things. Earlier this year on paediatrics, I had a newborn who passed away and I pretty much had to sit through 3 hours of resuscitation attempts. That's more the sort of stuff you need to worry about really.
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Hey Shinny I wanted to ask you about this, like how did you feel at the end of it as a medical professional? Did you actually feel morose at all or were you required to hide it? Well basically how did you deal with it? Haha this might sound weird but I've always wanted to be a doctor ever since I was in 8 years old and I guess I wanted to know how doctors react in this kind of situation.

 

[shinny]

Hey Shinny I wanted to ask you about this, like how did you feel at the end of it as a medical professional? Did you actually feel morose at all or were you required to hide it? Well basically how did you deal with it? Haha this might sound weird but I've always wanted to be a doctor ever since I was in 8 years old and I guess I wanted to know how doctors react in this kind of situation. 

Of course it affects you, but you've just got to move on I guess. So much stuff is happening that you can't really sit still and think about it. About an hour after that happened, I had to run downstairs for an emergency Caesarian section, so you can just see that it doesn't really leave you much time for dwelling on such thoughts. Eventually though, you do get kind of used to it, not in the sense that you become desensitised and apathetic about it, but more in the fact that you empathise and feel it, but can quickly move on and deal with it. There's plenty of support services available though within the hospital if you ever do need counselling, and my supervisor made sure that she had a debrief with me and some of the other staff afterwards.

[BlueSky_3]

Afterwards though do you ever just reflect on these things? Like do the linger on in your mind? Or do you just kind of as you said move on and never really think about it again?

On an aside: I found your English book really helpful !

[shinny]

Afterwards though do you ever just reflect on these things? Like do the linger on in your mind? Or do you just kind of as you said move on and never really think about it again?

Well it does pop up every once in a while, but it doesn't really get me down or anything. Most of the time, you're too busy reflecting on that day's own issues to really worry too much about the past. I'm usually too preoccupied dwelling on personal matters anyway

On an aside: I found your English book really helpful !

Glad to hear!

[IndefatigableLover]

Well it does pop up every once in a while, but it doesn't really get me down or anything. Most of the time, you're too busy reflecting on that day's own issues to really worry too much about the past. I'm usually too preoccupied dwelling on personal matters anyway

Seems like the medical field is full of ups and downs :/
Nevertheless... the benefits greatly outweigh the disadvantages

[Russ]

Don't have as much experience as shinny, but the feeling goes away. Was on a placement with a patient who had some serious health and socioeconomic issues (fainting, inexplicable pain, heroin/methadone etc.) and the next patient was a guy with a rare disease and a colostomy bag, who was an advocate for dying with dignity because he wanted to end his own life. Incredibly confronting and depressing in the moment and for some time afterward, but by the time I was back home and reading/watching TV/etc. it was internalized and I'd moved on.

You'd be surprised what you can live with >.<

[LOLs99]

Hope so,  then it seems that I really have to think in depth before deciding on whether to choose med course.
Thanks for your opinion

Blood ends up being the least of your worries when doing Med, trust me. Like Russ said, you'll get used to it. Basically everyone does after over a year of dissections. My friend who initially didn't go into Medicine for that reason and later regretted it and went into Medicine post-grad now says that he got over that fear of blood pretty much instantaneously. You'll find that often you'll just need to put on a brave face for the sake of professionalism; it's actually quite a surprisingly strong motivator! I mean, you're not going to freak out in front of a patient while you're drawing blood from them.

What you don't really get used to as much is many of the other more morbid things. Earlier this year on paediatrics, I had a newborn who passed away and I pretty much had to sit through 3 hours of resuscitation attempts. That's more the sort of stuff you need to worry about really.

Just wondering what kind of dissections will you get in Uni?Wow, 3 hours! Yeah maybe scared of blood is not a big issue.. I will just look at more red fluid stuff and hopefully before graduate I will be fine thankyou!

[LOLs99]

Well it does pop up every once in a while, but it doesn't really get me down or anything. Most of the time, you're too busy reflecting on that day's own issues to really worry too much about the past. I'm usually too preoccupied dwelling on personal matters anyway

Seems like the medical field is full of ups and downs :/
Nevertheless... the benefits greatly outweigh the disadvantages

What are some of  the benefits? I feel like being a doctor is not easy at all..

Edit: Changed username for privacy purposes - Phy124

[Russ]

Just wondering what kind of dissections will you get in Uni?Wow, 3 hours! Yeah maybe scared of blood is not a big issue.. I will just look at more red fluid stuff and hopefully before graduate I will be fine thankyou!

You get a cadaver and your group is expected to dissect a particular region. So if you're studying upper limb muscles, you'd dissect away that area. If you were doing abdomen, you'd cut into that area and examine the relationship between the organs, how they're supplied etc.

If you want to get an idea of surgery, watch some of the videos online on medline (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html)
There are also plenty of online dissection videos if you want to get a feel for that

[IndefatigableLover]

If you want to get an idea of surgery, watch some of the videos online on medline (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html)
There are also plenty of online dissection videos if you want to get a feel for that

Awesome link
Especially since they have pictures or diagrams of what they are performing

[LOLs99]

Just wondering what kind of dissections will you get in Uni?Wow, 3 hours! Yeah maybe scared of blood is not a big issue.. I will just look at more red fluid stuff and hopefully before graduate I will be fine thankyou!

You get a cadaver and your group is expected to dissect a particular region. So if you're studying upper limb muscles, you'd dissect away that area. If you were doing abdomen, you'd cut into that area and examine the relationship between the organs, how they're supplied etc.

If you want to get an idea of surgery, watch some of the videos online on medline (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html)
There are also plenty of online dissection videos if you want to get a feel for that

Great , thanks Russ