before i could even set my coffee down this AM we heard a code blue announced over the speaker system in the hospital and a couple of us went to check it out. it was an old man who's BP dropped. after giving him some bicarb he came back, he didnt need any CPR or epinephrine. a couple hours later while i was seeing my patient another code blue was announced. after finishing up with a quick physical, i went down to the 2nd floor to check out the code. it was an old man with no previous history of cardiac problems. they gave him a couple rounds of epi and were doing CPR. this is the first time id seen CPR and man is it rough. this mans body was going through hell. the daughter was called and asked to continue until she got there. a couple of the interns asked us if we wanted to do CPR and i shyed away and let victoria and darron do it. i figured its my first time seeing it, ill take in the experience and then jump in on the next one. unfortunately, with all the geriatric patients we have in the hospital, im sure there will be more in my next 3 weeks there. when the daughter eventually got to the hospital she didnt go into the room, she just asked that we stop and let her father die in peace. im sure that was best because if she saw how rough the code really is, she would have been much more upset than she already was.
the interns let us go at noon today, saying it was our christmas present. i went home and slept for a good part of the afternoon. this week was exhausting. i hope i get used to these work hours soon.
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