Emergency!

I've just recently started my 6th and final (gasp!) posting in A&E. So far so good, but i'm still trying to get used to the new shift system. I guess after one and a half years of working 7-5 everyday and the dreaded 36hr run for on call, a 7 hour shift will take some getting used to. The longest we can go is a 17 hour stretch which is basically just 2 shifts in a row. I like it! A LOT! Haha. Green zone is fun, basically like locum at a clinic. Yellow is semi-critical, mainly patients who need head charting, BP monitoring, and any other close observation. Red zone, or resus, is where the action is. Chest pain, severe asthma attacks, trauma requiring chest tubes, CPR and all that jazz. All the MO's are so nice, the specialists are so smart and spot on! Everything is ordered stat and managed on the spot. Very different from the ward setting that i'm so used to, it's way more laid back there even in the acute cubicles.

Will definitely take some getting used to, but i definitely see myself liking it here. Good choice for final posting for shizzle!