http://www.drphilth.com musings of a deranged medical student Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:30:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, they're finally here, all the videos you saw on the big screen during the biosoc panto 2006. Click the link below to view them all, right in your browser. You will need an up to date version of the flash player to view the videos. http://www.drphilth.com/2006/12/25/biosoc-panto 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 the excpetion of the excision biopsy, they just left me ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/30/trauma-week-two This post may change from time to time to update my itenerary as it changes. 29/07/2006 - Jo'burg Travel Kimberley => Johannesburg (Greyhound Bus, Depart Kimberley at 0620, Arrive Park Station at 1325) Pickup in Park Station at 1500 Overnight at BackPacker's Ritz 30/07/2006 - Jo'burg Soweto Tour Overnight at BackPacker's Ritz 31/07/2006 - Kruger NP Kruger Safari, Departs ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/26/travel-plans 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 I put in. Saturday was quite a bit busier - there ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/25/weve-got-a-bleeder 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 (trochar biopsy, abcess drainage), some wound closure (stitching) and, of ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/20/trauma Today (Thursday), I decided to do a full day's call in Medical Recovery. That means starting at 8am and finishing sometime around 11am the next day. So far its been a quiet day - only 4 new patients so far (as of 1530). Lets hope its a quiet night too... Well. ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/14/first-day-on-call And it had to be in SA. Yesterday, I was doing an ascitic tap on a patient and one of the doctors was helping me. He withdrew the stilette from the cannula as I prepared to connect the tubing. Then, I'm not sure how, he slightly pricked me on the side ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/11/my-first-needlestick Ghost Trail On Friday night I went on the Ghost Trail, a guided tour of some of Kimberley's oldest and supposedly 'psychically active' buildings. The tour was led by a English man, with a Phd in Mechanical Engineering, who had some very pseudoscientific theories about the paranormal, which he's been devleloping for ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/10/weekend-tourism Another 2 days in A&E / medical recovery. Its starting to get routine - take bloods, drain pleural fluid, look at X-Ray after X-Ray showing patients with pulmonary TB. I did get to observe an ascitic tap on a man who's abdomen was completely distended - there must have been 4 ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/08/day-4-and-5 Today started off slowly, with Raymond forgetting to pick me up until I reminded him at 0830. It was a slow day in casualty too, very few patients had come through by the time I left at 1600. I did get to take blood for culture, and take a history ... http://www.drphilth.com/2006/07/05/day-3