cruisin along....

hello my fellow pt playas! acute care is definitely different than i thought it would be!  we're pretty busy most days but pretty much all we do is walk patients.  i'm with a pt that's on the medical team right now so we basically see patients with pneumonia and general medical conditions that just need to get up and move!  we've seen a couple TKRs and THRs but nothing to exciting.  i can empathize with carol though, my first wound was interesting.  the patient had broken her ankle and develops wounds all the way around her ankle, you could literally see her medial malleolus!  we also got to see an acdf patient that was way nauseous when we went to see her and she puked everywhere which is quite difficult when you're wearing a cervical collar.  yuck.  well i hope everyone is getting a little more confident every day!  keep up the great work guys!