:: to think and act critically in critical setting ::

assalamualaikum..

Finally!, the internet service here had improve from the speed of turtle to a cheetah!

i'm glad that i love to watch medical dramas. though others will say that i'm such a nerd and my sisters would sigh whenever i change the tv program from reality show to ER, what can i do? i like to keep my brain working. and these TV shows help me to do so.

they will benefits me one day i thought.....sooner or later,


And so it happen. two things occur this week actually. first was a real occasion where a friend was having an 'attack' in the hostel. even though i know what to be done, but my thinking ability seem to be inhibited by panic. i was had just woke up from sleep at that time, not actually fully conscious when i heard my name being called (okay it was my housemate's scream that wokes me up!)....but alhamdulillah, nothing bad happen.  then, come the critical care class last wednesday. the class that really sent shivers down to our spine.

 another critical thinking simulation! 

the topic was polytrauma and the Dr keep asking questions that requires logic and good understanding of EVERYTHING that we had learned for the past 3 years. yes, again i'm glad that i LOVE to watch Dr house in action in House MD. series and japanese medical drama Code Blue. it helps me to sharpen critical thinking skills and visualize what an emergency situation will look like. when the Dr bombarded us with 'killer' questions back there, i'm glad that i can still recall what i had learn and what the dramas had taught me. but again, when you are scared, words usually prefer to stay within yourself than being said out loud. so, all of us end up being stutter during that session.


talking about medical dramas, i'm currently 'glued' to my laptop, watching Team Medical Dragon (Iryu), another japanesse drama which revolves on cardiac surgeon (while trying really hard to improves my japanese vocab and pronounciation).  what i like the most about these japannese drama (Code Blue and  Iryu) is that they never fail to include nurses as a part of the medical/surgical team. they really show that nurses are important figure in lifesaving. for example, the character of Saejima Haruka in code blue as an emergency nurse, never fail to attend a patient in critical situation plus able to diagnose a patient in one of the episode and Satohara Miki, a genius scrub nurse who earn respects from surgeons in Iryu. they really inspires me to become a good, professional nurses once i'm qualified. yes i wanted to earn that kind of respect from other healthcare team (daydreaming again ^_^). but sadly, i did not see this kind of teamwork in Malay medical drama (that's why i hardly watch any of them).

a scene in Code Blue displaying multidisciplinary team.

by the way, the class on critical module last wednesday was fun! a lot of hands on activities and we also did a emergency simulation videos (i was laughing hard when i watch it back..)  i'm already fell in love with critical care (don't worry peadiatric, you still have a special place in my heart haha..).