Today, like many days was a long day. Started the day tending to patients who came into hospital the previous night and finished by firefighting emergencies on the wards. All things considered, I should be absolutely shattered right now. But surprisingly I feel the opposite, I feel energised, Alhamdulillah. Euphoric even. Ward cover isn't the easiest of jobs. Most times, you will be called to an acutely ill patient and have no idea what to do. But as I've gone through almost 6 months of work and training, I feel more confident handling these emergencies. Although the sound of bleeps going off does give me palpitations.
And today, the ward cover trio consisted of two great and really helpful seniors and myself. We went around the hospital as a team, distributing the work load equally amongst ourselves. And there was even time (between bleeps of course) to tick off some of those pesky compulsory procedures under their observation. I got to learn from them, and their diagnostic methods, and overall, it was great fun and time just flew by.
Goes to show that even the most mundane of jobs could be a source of potential joy when amongst colleagues who one clicks with. The social company really does maketh the job. I could do the worst on-call shifts but if I had really lively colleagues with me, it wouldn't seem so bad. I am on-call again tomorrow, inshaAllah, I would be blessed with a similar fate like I was blessed with today.
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