My final presentation for Cardiac and Renal Anatomy and Physiology. Let me know what you think!
My Anatomy & Physiology final project.
Wow, I can't believe how much school work consumes so much of my time. Finished with Psychology 101 and Computers 101. All I have to say is that I am glad that those two classes are over. Psychology was nothing more then just plain weird. If I have learned nothing more this semester, it's that you have to please the professor. Forget about everything but what the professor wants. I can't wait until I start getting into RT classes.
Check out the new RT theme song! I have been working on this song for some time now. Just goes to show how much fun you can have as an RT! I can't post the song without giving proper credit to the writer, Respiratory Therapy 101: Just keep breathing. The song and outline was originally based off of a song from the Discovery Channel, "The world is just awesome"
"I Love the Airways" was edited and composed by RT eBlog.
Good news!! I will be starting school on Monday October 27th. Everything happened so fast. The final decision to start earlier instead of later was made about a week ago. I met with the school counselor and set up financial aid, wrote my essay, and etc. I have my entrance interview this Wednesday and I am ready to get going!! I will let you know how my first day goes. Wish me luck!
I know, I know, it has been a few weeks. I have been meaning to write about the job shadow but my family and I have moved, actually, we moved closer to school!
Like I said before I did have some reservations about the shadow but that all turned around. Overall, it was a great experience and I was glad I went. When I arrived to the hospital, I actually arrived 15 min. early as instructed. However, the person I was to follow had not arrived yet so they told me to wait in the waiting room. As I was waiting I saw a few newspapers with the RT Schools advertisement. As I waited, more and more future RT students started to filter in. I thought I was going to be with one or two other students. To my suprise, after a few minutes there were about 15 of us anxiously waiting to get started; later that day the nurses would joke that we were the Verizon network as we all followed the instructor through the halls. We all waited about 45 minutes until we were informed that the instructor was not going to arrive, I thought that at that point I was going to have to wait another day. Reluctantly, someone else volunteered to step in and show us around.
As we walked through, they explained that they were not a regular hospital and they only treat acute long term patients. So, most of the patients that we saw had been there for most of their lives, and were all on vents.
Throughout the tour we visited two levels of the hospital the pediatric floor and the adult floor. On the pediatric floor I saw children that were born with internal complications, children that were born without a mouth, and children that had been in serious accidents. On the adult floor I saw adult men that had over dosed and others that were old, unconscious, and probably on the vent against their own will. On each of these floors I felt two distinct feelings. On the pediatric floor, I felt, as probably many RT's feel with small children, sadness, sorrow, and pain, feeling that whatever misfortune that had happen was not meant for them. There was a complete opposite feeling that I felt on the other floor. As I walked through the adult floor I felt anger, angry with the OD's that we, the tax payers, had to pay for their mistakes and keep them alive in a vegetative state because they decided to ruin their own lives. And angry with the family members of the elderly, who by the way were nowhere to be found, because they were prolonging the life of their loved ones for their own satisfaction and emotional status.
I know the importants of to not getting tied up in the emotional sense of things and on the other hand to not be heartless, which anyone could easily slide either way.
For the most part I enjoyed the shadow and can't wait to do more. Let me know your thoughts regarding this subject. I would like to know your take on it.
Yesturday I called the school counselor to set up the job shadow. I will be glad to get a little experience under my belt and to see how things work in the RT world. Next Tuesday is the day I go up to the hospital. As I read other RT blogs I have heard that it sometimes takes months to see their first code. So, I guess I won't count on anything exciting happening. I will be sure to fill you in on my day.
Have a good day RT's!
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