Today was my first day in A+E. I Clerked a patient, picked up all the salient points from the history, examined her and spotted a couple of subtle but important signs and came up with the most likely diagnosis all while a senior doctor was watching me.
I accompanied the same doctor to resus where a patient with sepsis was brought in by ambulance: I managed to put in a big cannula, take bloods and cultures from it and then take an ABG and successfully interpret it.
This was all in the space of about 45 minutes. A few things went well and I felt ten feet tall.
Last week on ward-round I answered three questions wrong and almost tripped over my own stethoscope.
The ups and downs of medical school are not so good for your mental health.
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