I SAW ALICE!!!!! ... as in Anderson... and yes, that woman is still a screamer.

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!

Zaaaale =)

Thought I'd put in my two cents and say so far everything is going well! I really like my CI, Mary. She's very patient and helpful and has a great personality. She's pregnant and due March 6th, so hopefully she will get to hang around until we finish up on the 27th! Oh, and did I mention she's ran 4 Marathons and a half Ironman?? I'm definitely not living up to the "PT" standard=) So far in the last two days, I have been seeing patients with her, instructing some of them in their exercise program and typing up notes in the computer system. Today she handed me the goni and said, "Here, take some shoulder measurements...." I'm thinking....oh, geez, I only did this a year ago! Also, Couey, I got to do some massage/myfascial release on a CP patient today, so that was cool and yesterday gait trained a dude using the Bioness stimulators. All in all it's going well! Keep up the hard work people and I really do miss seeing you all everyday!! I keep thinking how great it would be if we could travel in herds again, ha=) 

~JCan

P.s. Carol! Glad you are ok!! That is quite a 1st day story, ha!

PT in the Hood

2 AIDS pts, 1 Cdiff, 1 MRSA, 1 gait training in shackles = Day 2
I am learning A LOT! Go Parkland! :)
Hope yall are having fun!

This is Math I Can't Even Do!!

3 patients...2 days...that's all I'm sayin.  Oh, and one more thing: Put me in coach!!!  I've been warming this bench for a year and a half! ;)  What's a girl gotta do around here to get a little action?!  

My most embarrassing moment

Well, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that fainted on my first day of clinical. I'm in the acute care setting at North Hills Hospital, where my CI sees mainly wound care...who knew? So I went in with my CI to see my first pt. The pt is a tetraplegic with three wounds and a bag with his poo...which had exploded. The wounds were about 2" long, 1" wide, and 1 1/2" deep in his abdomen. I thought I was fine but then I started to feel a little dizzy and then I woke up on the floor with my CI and a doctor in my face. Then I was wheeled off in a W/C. Thankfully I didn't really hit anything but the floor and I just have a few sore spots. It was so embarrassing...and then I couldn't hold in the tears. Luckily, my CI didn't see that part. Thankfully, yesterday afternoon and today was much better. Hope you all had a less eventful first day than me!

Moment of Truth

Alright, dudes!!  Here it is...the moment of truth...the moment we've all been waiting for (and dreading at the same time).  It's the thing that will put a smile on your face, while simultaneously making you wet your pants.  It's when, why, and how we know that the last year and a half has not been torture for nothing!!  This is our moment ladies and gentlemen...let's do it to it and show what weez workin' wid.  I wish everyone the best!  And remember to hop on here and let everyone know how it's going!