Category Archives: Elective
Trauma: Week two
Having proved that I’m not going to kill anyone, the surgeons seemed more willing to let me loose on patients this week. My procedures included more skin biopsies, an excision biopsy, another trochar biopsy, abcess drainage, suturing. The diffeence was, with … Continue reading
We’ve got a bleeder!
The traumatic adventures continued this weekend, with me volunteering for a Friday and Saturday night. Friday was quite sedate, with a mixture of stabbings and slashings which required suturing, as well as a couple of chest drains, one of which … Continue reading
Trauma
I started on the Trauma side of casualty on Monday. They’ve been very willing to let me flex my surgical muscles here, I’ve been assisting in Minor Ops (Lipoma removal, sebaceous cyst removal, pressure sore débridement), performing some minor procedures … Continue reading