Stuff Learned at PMH – #4

February 15, 2008, 6:02 pmkendra2 comments

My first sutures Today was a fun day. I didn’t really get to do all that much in the hospital in the morning, but I had a fun afternoon. We had a suturing clinic to learn how to inject a local anesthetic and place sutures. We each got our very own severed pig foot to practice on. What did I learn?

1) I don’t like severed pigs’ feet.

2) When injecting a local anesthetic, you push the plunger on the syringe as you’re pulling it out.

3) I suck at suturing and definitely need a lot of practice.

4) I’m going to be going through a lot of grapefruits in the near future.

2 comments:

  1. Yogesh Patel, February 19, 2008, 1:47 pm

    Hey kendra,

    Don’t give up! Baby steps…

     
  2. Anthony Dimen, February 20, 2008, 7:45 am

    hi kendra ! it’s Anthony. I think you’re a very cool med student, I wish I could enjoy my med years the way you enjoying it.

     

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