Tony’s Anatomy-#5:100 meter running!

When did you ever try so hard to run 100 meter again after senior high school? I got a call asking me to Emergency department in one afternoon.When I arrove,the patient got trauma injury by falling from four-story-high building's roof was lying on the bed and had no consciousness.Hemothorax(much blood in lung space) was highly suspected and blood pressure was gradually decreasing.Vital signs were obviously worsing.We decided to sent this patient into operation room for emergency surgery.There're three people for this mission.One senior doctor for keeping ventilation and checking vital sign, and one nurse and me for driving and CPR if necessary.Then we started to take this patient to receive surgery.We ran veryyyyyyyyyyyyy quickly!But unfortunately,in the process of delivery,the oxygen saturation was decreasing sharply and we adjusted oxygen volume immediatly.Then we speeded UPPPPPPP as possible as we can!Finaly through 100 meter running,we arrove the operation room.But the story did not end yet!In the operation room,when anesthesia doctors were preparing,the pulse of this patient was lost! Damnnn it! Without any doubt,I immediately did cardiopulmonary resuscitation by delivering chest compressions with rate of 100 times per minute.Thanks God! Few minutes later,his pulse and blood pressure came back.Then after sugery,his vital signs became stable.The 100-meter-running on that day was not a race with any athlete or friend but with THE GRIM REAPER!I didn't record how fast I really ran but I tried my best to run for sure.

Tony

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Tony’s Anatomy-#4:Resistance helps light bulb shine!

 

 

 

 

The story happened when I rotated to neurosurgery department.One day,a patient was sent into the operation room due to intracranial hemorrhage(bleeding inside the brain).I was paged to assist in this emergency surgery.To my surprise,I finished my first experience  of drilling a hole on the skull bone by other two doctors’s assistance.After then the chief resident doctor started to talk about what kind of peosons he wants to be his assitant.He needs someone who will be assistant rather than resistant.Well….it’s common sense ,right?Since I’m quite new to sugical medicine,I was thinking whether I assist the surgery or become a obstuace of others.Then I got a warming answer from another resident doctor who was also assisting in this surgery.Dr.Yeh said to the chief resident doctor:”A light bulb need resistance(R) to shine or radiate light.” I guess whenever I meet diffiuclties, I’ll thnik of these words.

Tony

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