Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Pre-Psych Assignment

Pre-Psych Assignment From Ma'am Hannah Marquez.

Fill all these info in a 5x8 index card.
- On the top right corner of the card, have it colored with your designated section color; that is after we already know where were clustered.
- Due on 1st Day of Ma'am Hannah's Class

*Update*

Colors:

Section A - Pink
Section B - Green
Section C - Yellow

Monday, May 24, 2010

iCONS NEWS


SCHEDULE




Self Analysis Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from batchmates:

1. When is the exact due date?
- June 8, enrollment date.

2. What is the spacing? can we use 2 spaces, or at least 1.5 on each line?
- Single Space Only

3. What's the font size? Can we use other fonts?
- Font Size should be 12 and Font should be Times New Roman only

4. On the family tree, would it be diagram? or narrative
- Both Diagram and Narrative, (i think like in our case conference papers)

5. Do we need to put pictures?
- its not a need, but if you are to put pictures, have them printed with the paper not hard copy. Also, please take note that page counting would not include pages with pictures alone.

6. References. How Many?
- 7 would be minimum number. References should be from BOOKS.

7. Can we change the heading title? like instead of using "Introduction" have it "Prologue" or "Foreword"
- Please stick with the original heading.

8. Do we need to put Page Numbers?
- Yes.

9. How about table of contents?
- Of course, it must be included.

Reference:
1. Ma'am Hannah Marquez & Ma'am Chinky Lavadia. (Retrieved, May 24, 2010)

Friday, May 21, 2010

hahahha

I gave my word that I would keep this blog "cool" even though I should not. A friend told me to look at this link. I looked at it and baam! Here's an issue that already was "taken cared of" but i guess the graduated party wants to "make more fuss". There was this guy who wanted to take a hit on the writer. HAHAHHAHAHAHAH. Come on... Please... And certain individuals making comments who shouldn't make comments because it betrays their "respective" eye on the situation and well, just the vicious cycle of who has the bigger stick and what not. I will say this: as "bigcatblogger" has stated- there has been steps taken to do away with this "situation" which was intended for ONLY ICONS to read about. NOt even trying to stir up any trouble. Try not to get your stick broken please. Just finish whatever you need to finish. And let us do what we need to do.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Barely counting the days..

10 months
310 days
7,400 hours
26,640,00 seconds


and were OUT OF AUP.
YEY for some (or many i guess?)
Well for me? idk.

i just can smell the fresh dried leaves
falling from a weak twig of a tree
which usually shades the small boy
from the rays of Mr. Cancerous Sun.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

iCONS: Check the Hate

Okey now, so little by little i'm learning how to get annoyed..

Recently there has been an on going "brigger bug" about tagging our batch "suckers"

word spreads like fire, which goes

During a small fizzle group meeting:

"Person 1: How can we be as good as the iCONS?
Person 2: Pretty easy. We just need to suck a lot like them. Like suck at CIs to have them do stuff for their benefit
People: QUIET"

Dang! That was hurl of ball fire over there. SUCKERS i see? We'll see first sem.

I don't want batch rivalries, like seriously.

But then, i smell first sem as a good medium for one

RIVALRIES has never been this sweet.
Specially when your own is being hit BTB (Below the belt)
YOU go step at us?
YOU Go enjoy doing it.
I'll see you round the bush.

Imma send the love come first sem.

word.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Please Read. Repost on Mr. KEEPingITREAL's disclaimer.

"THe crowd says what UP?! Let's be honest. I'm not the most popular guy in our batch. In fact, I'm popular for being not popular and my popularity is controversial even at that. Statistically speaking, the majority of ICONS will NOT care to read what is being written. But for some mere spark of curiosity that might attract your attention to what I "blog" be warned! I say it how it is. I don't sip- sip, kiss ass, or whimper in the corner. If I offend you in anyways, please take a number and follow the crowd that reaches past the corner and continues on. Is it my intention to offend you? NO! But if I do offend you, here is the sorry and disclaimer in advance. I'm not being mayabang, I'm being confident. So Stay tuned..."

- KEEPingITREAL

Moderator's Notes:
To the readers of this blog.

Each of these Contributors' blog roll entries:
- KEEPingITREAL
- iRONman
- BigCatBlogger
> Does not reflect the batch's opinion as a whole. It merely concentrates upon each respective author's perspective, being blogged on the web, for every batchmate to see and ponder upon.
> It has never been in their direct intention to offend people - rather, bring straight facts and perception right into the readers visual fields. The responsibility to decode and the right to comprehend and react still depends on the reader.
> We do practice freedom of speech. That's the main reason why this blog was made. Cause not everybody could literally voice out what's in their mind. Its what this blog is all about.
> Should there be any comments, violent reactions, rants and rave; we are more than glad to accustom and respond, by sending them thru each authors mail, or by just putting them up on the comment box at each blog entry.
> We are also welcoming blog entries from people within the batch, Clinical Instructors, and friends alike. Just mail them to: icons2011@gmail.com

Please be guided.

Thanks and have a good day.

- iCONS Blogspace Moderators

vacation

vacation is well... i don't know what to do? its like when there is no order per say, there is chaos! weird huh.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Banner

In tribute to our Level 3 clinical instructors,
imma put up their picture as a banner for this whole summer vacae..
a little give back to them..


peace out.

Friday, May 14, 2010

iCONS invades L4

level 3 is way DONE
now the time to step up!

the final stop
the final stage
the last resort
its now all or nothing.
its either now or never,,



iCONS Invades SENIOR YEAR.

no ONE WAS LEFT BEHIND.

Let's make another year of EPIC HISTORY.

SENIOR-SHIP FTW!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

OB and OR Scrub forms *update*

OPERATING ROOM SCRUBS

Guidelines in Filling up your Scrub Forms:
Note: Please Write legibly and neatly

For the Hospital's Name:
- USE CAPITAL LETTERS
> CALAMBA MEDICAL CENTER, CALAMBA CITY, LAGUNA
> MARY MEDIATRIX MEDICAL CENTER, LIPA CITY, BATANGAS
> MANILA ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER, PASAY CITY

For the Student's Name:
- USE CAPITAL LETTERS
> FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME, LAST NAME Format
SIGNATURE ABOVE NAME

Patient's Initials:
- Separated by Period
> Ex. J. A .R
- No need to write the Number Sign (#)
- Write the CASE NUMBER or OUT PATIENT or MEDICAL MISSION
> Ex. 14344

Surgical Procedure Performed:
- Use Operation, Site, Right/Left Format
- First LETTER should be CAPITAL (Correct Spelling Please!)
> Ex. Excision Breast Mass, Right

OR Nurse:
- Write their names WITH MIDDLE INITIALS
- NO NEED to write RN
- NO NEED to write their license numbers

Clinical Instructor:
- Write Mercy S. Tejada, RN, MSN, only

DELIVERY ROOM SCRUBS

Ma'am Natividad Estapon's Schedule for Checking and Signing of Scrubs

TUESDAY: 2:00 - 5:00 PM
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: 8:00 - 12:00 AM
2:00 - 5:00 PM
FRIDAY: 9:00 - 12:00 AM


References:
1. L3 Bulletin Board

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

A New Day

12th of May, 2010 marks a new beginning to the Filipino People. Though MOST people will rant about the elections and stuff, i don't give a damn. Elections 2010 is way over and done, and RANTING won't do any good. God has His own perfect reason by placing Mr. Aquino in Place. We may not understand, but we just have to trust His goodwill.

New President
New Government
New Movement

the fight had just began. the silver lining starts here.

Learn to Support.

Philippines 2010 and beyond, RISE UP for God's Glory.




Monday, May 10, 2010

is it over?

Tomorrow its all over and well, we got vacation. For some right? Got to do this self analysis paper. seriously! 35 pages single spaced? I can sum up my life in one page single spaced. HOw am i supposed to write 34 pages about me? that's just downright vain and into ones self. hahaha. ohhh CON. at least its business. Not make some scrapbook with pretty colors. Like i said in other lengthy reports we had to turn in, what's wrong with turning in something black and white and in some plastic sheet. word

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Pensive Mode: Level 3 Lookback

Foreword:
"The statements below, made by the Author, was purposely stated not to offend or discourage, or kiss-ass people, but only to describe facts, that ALONE. Also, statistics that were included in this write-up were from reliable sources (such as AUP AOLIS)."



=====STARTS at 11:30 PM========

*tic toc, tic toc, tic toc*

the silence in my room was deafening..
i could even here my small wrist watch crack its hands out...

"Haay.." i lazily uttered as i scrolled by internet browser up and down.

Then i thought of re-browsing my hard drive.. to put some new pics on it; All of a sudden, I came across several pictures during our Level 3 Activities.

"Haha! Fundamentals of Nursing 2009.. such a memorable one!," i said to myself, producing a small twitch on my cheeks producing a small weary smile. Back then all things were NEW. i mean LITERALLY. Like who didn't have difficulty on making the effin DAR right? Like i literally failed the exam on it. And who wouldv'e thought that the dreaded Medicine Checklist was that EASY to learn on our clinical duties, than having Ma'am Tantia talk us to sleep? Right. And, *drum roll* the most sought after FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING FILM FEST what''up!? Some DID NOT enjoy making it, but most DID. It was when we discovered "several" talents within the batch. Cause you know what they say, "Nursing is an ART - and i mean SHOWBIZ" haha!

*click click click*, i arrived at some of the Capping, Pinning and Candle-lighting Ceremony frames. Maybe most of our batchmates doesn't even get the essence of the ceremony; all they know is just to stand at PIC for 2 hours or so, and get that ceremony over with. But for us, its more than that: sleepless nights, constant meetings, hunger-strikes, oh life blows during those times. But one things for sure, "It trained me not only as a person, but also as a radical character." It was also during that time when our ability to stand on our own was tested.. H1N1 incident remember? it was Sir Vargas block that was quarantined for like 4 days or so..which includes the team leader, Lexan. We felt so helpless, as the days before the ceremony was nearing. But boy i was wrong, i only thought of a human leader, forgeting about our all time Leader, Christ. Thanks to His goodness, the ceremony pulled through with minimal problems.

As the doors of PIC closed, marks the start of REAL Clinical duty. i was SOO ANXIOUS that time. I barely can even sleep thinking of what will happen in the floor; will i kill a patient? Hope not.

We were SO MUCH BULLIED back then, cause we had MCN blocking before MSN; them MS pipz (yeah, OUTSPOKEN am i) confidently lurks around the halls of CON, full of tense, thrust, and knowledge of the real Medical Surgical Stuff, while us, feeling left out, and, yeah, "Bobo", stuck our dirty noses under Community Blockings, and the never ending Vaginal Lessons.

My first blocking was a 1-week length of Pedia duty with Ma'am Zis Zuniga. Boy, i looked so much stupid, interviewing the patient with GORDON'S ASSESSMENT on hand (aka, sophomore style), and panickly taking 3 patients vital signs, and yeah, they were BABIES so i was having a hard time getting the RR. i HATED the hospital back then. AM Care? shessh! i barely can even remember how to bath a baby! "I NEED my Video of Ma'am Cabana's babies bath lecture!" i frantically grabbed my phone, later on learning that my Memory card was formatted. and the rest was history. Good thing i didn't kill the baby by drowning or cooking him on boiling water or something. I really look up to Ma'am Zis since then, she's very very supportive. I remember saying the phrase "This is really what's up.." during one of our lunch breaks at GEAMH.

then came lecture week with Ma'am "Sleep-Inducing" Tantia. Oh GOD, how i wish i knew what she was talking about back then, CORION? HCG? Like WTH was that. For the whole 2 week period, i went and finished classes without anything on stock. It was a REAL MIRACLE that i passed through that concept.

It was now Ma'am Estapon's turn on lecture. Actually I was excited, cause i really find her teaching FUN and challenging, though most of the time, like 30% of the lecture goes to her funny stories, which is a good thing, considering that, students tend to DIE to SLEEP after 2-3 hours of continuos lecture pep talk. It was during her Lecture when i FULLY, (with fervent expression verbalized) the whole NURSING CARE PLAN thing. and it was really quite cool! I remember most of her quizzes would be:
"Number 1, write a nursing diagnosis of a problem of the inlet, then in Number 2 and 3, write your interventions with rationale." I LOVED those quizzes, cause it internalizes everything, and tests on how you understood the concept and stuff. I remember her words, which really turned into an internal concept later on, "You can make your own nursing diagnosis, even though its not in the NANDA book. All you have to know is the ongoing pathophysiology and the main nursing problem."and to that, I salute Ma'am Naty for an efficient mentor during our MCN days; the old connotation of FEAR when you meet Mrs. Estapon - now LONG GONE.

"We need an activity," Team Leader verbalized during one of the teams meeting. We have had lots of warnings from several CIs that, basing on the batch's performance; some of our batchmates wouldn't make it to second semester. We were soo much ALARMED then. I even remember Mrs. Orbe's words "You should bond the batch as early as possible, cause not all will see each other when second semester comes." Thus we were challenged to MOVE, putting up the separate sabbath, under the theme "iCONNect", directed on strengthening the feeble CONnection we had back then.

"Why do we have to GO to that event! Its like on a weekend, and why should it be REQUIRED?" one of the most hardest question a batchmate or two would throw to us while we were collection the Sabbath Lunch Fee. It was always like a slap on the face, having to be questioned like that, after all these activities were done for each batchmates benefit and upliftment.. we went on collecting money, though the shame due to anger by some batchmates. "It will always be like that, you just have to sensitize yourselves." and adviser wisely told us during our down moments.

The event struck excitement to the batch; the activities were captivating enough, and ma'am Jorbe's teaser phrase "You'll have more during the retreat" had the people wanting for more. Thus first semester ended.

From a pinned and capped number of 238 nursing students, we were left down to 212. ouch. It was hurtful to see batchmates go, some had their own reasons: financial, social, mental, spiritual, and only few of which were due to grades.

The Buzz echoed, leading us to second semester. MSN time! Time for those MC pipz to experience what it really feels like to be PEED at. (by a baby of course, haha!) Wait.. i heard doc dee LEAVING. *thinks of it a little longer*, WHAT!? DR. DEE = LEAVING? The thought left me sleepless for a night (yeah seriously).

*Speeding the days up*
"FLASHNEWS: Doctor Dee staying; says Dean"

WHAT A RELIEF!

*warping up*

MS Lecture - GI
Clinical Duty - POC
MS Lecture - Respi
Clinical Duty - Surgical
MS Lecture - Endo
Clinical Duty - OR
MS Lecture - Cardio
Clinical Duty - Medical
MS Lecture - Fluids, Electrolytes and Acid Base Balance/Renal System

*cool*. Things speed up during those times.

Retreat Came:
- Frantic Preparations
- Bussiness Tactics Left and Right
> Had to have humility (applies to me i think) by Literally SELLING stuff during classes.

The three day event came. one word. = GRAND MILESTONE.

Final Exams Came.

ICONS was CUT again (why do we always have to be CUT. damn!)
From a bleeding number of 212, pinned down to 203 (WTF?!)

n303 Duty Came.

Mary Med Station 1 Duty = BUMMER No.1
GEAMH-DR Duty = EPIC no. 1
MAMC-MSU Duty = Perfected Bed Making
MCMC-PEDIA = BUMMER No. 2
Mary Med ICU Duty = SHOWBIZ
OSMUN-ER Duty = EPIC no. 2

CURRENT NUMBER = 203
LEVEL 4 1st Semester Number = (YET TO BE DETERMINED)


To Be Continued...
=======ENDS at 2:30 AM=========


Saturday, May 8, 2010

Lil re-edits and stuff




Haha! what do you think? film festival worthy? yey or nay? haha

church

whose going to church? db- we used to have our ICONS sabbath school? we should keep that going. If kboy does it one week, someone should do it another week. i know right? anyways, I'm willing to do one sabbath a week of sabbath school lesson thing. So now, we just need 2more people. Let's also stay UNITED as Christian SDA's! what uP?!

Friday, May 7, 2010

sadness

So I was on the jeep coming back from SM Santa Rosa today. Out of the corner of my eye, i see this dirty kid crawl onto the jeep with his hands and knees and uses a potholder cloth to clean the floor of the jeep. He gets to the front of the jeep and still with his head down and not making any eye contact, he holds up his hand for pay. Ouch! sakit yun to even look at! Of course i dropped some money into the kids hands and he gets out of the jeep while moving. Sadness...

Thursday, May 6, 2010

N303: EPIC or EPEK?

6 weeks has passed, and so we come to the end of our N303 Summer duty. Senior years just steps away! Anyway, how did your summer duty go? mine was umm.. pretty much... EPIC. Besides being blocked at GEAMH-DR (Thank You Lord for the cases), i ended the summer duty with a BANG at OSMUN-ER... ER of all ERs!

So last monday i blogged about my first ER duty.. and i thought it was EPIC enough.

2nd (or 3rd day due to the holiday) Came:
--- the team entered the area with the SURGICAL/OB/CCU/MINI OR/PEDIA on full house. A blockmate and i (yeah, only 2 of us, cause were only 5 during the whole ER duty) were assigned to cover these wards. so goes the story.

--- at around 10 pm, we then prepared meds for these current ward residents: skin test done, IV push done. Then came these two newly admitted patients, gave them ATS and TT vaccines, and they waited for their turn in the mini OR.

--- at 11:30 pm, came this big old man, per stretcher. he looked cold and stuff, and we were guessing the case might be D.O.A. Patient was intubated, and yours truly was able to assist in inserting. ER Nurse got VS = no pulse. IV insertion done by Sir Viel! shoot it only took seconds.. wise experienced ER nurses FTW! Yours truly pushed EPI on the patient, and had helped in the chest compressions, after 20-30 minutes, patient was announced dead. so post mortem (THE REAL ONE) was done by the team.

--- 3 ward patients were all having GCS 3, so we were to closely monitor them for the remaining hours.

--- at 2:00 am, ward 4 had cardio/respi arrest. it wasn't a surprise since he was one of the patients having GCS 3. family members going frantic and wild at the ward, patient was on DNR, so no chest compressions and pushing of EPI/DOBU-DOPA/or any emergency drugs was made. 2nd post mortem care for the shift done by team.

--- at 4:00 am, right after the groups break at ministop, their came this guy, cranium smashed into two, but no open wound, only severe concussion d/t vehicular accident. ET Insertion was done by the MD, yours truly suctioned the patient's mouth ozzing with blood (got myself messed up with blood T_T). Patient was in decorticate position, Mannitol 200ml was given d/t increased intracranial pressure. He had open fracture on his distal 3rd of tibia, L leg, and a fracture at his R arm. Catheter, NGT insertion done by the team.

If you guys could only imagine the anxiety and frustrations inside the ER of OSMUN, compared to other Emergency Rooms. As a student nurse, me, myjeily, riset, besa, and berna, were all so lucky to finally have it ALL HANDS ON - talking bout real nursing care here.

A brief comparison between other affiliating agency's ER vs. OSMUN's-ER
1. Other Agencies:
> Your only allowed to do V/S, the rest observe (as what other batchmates says)
> You can do ECG, but thats it. staff nurses do it all.
> staff nurses = unfriendly
> For stabbed wounds, patient goes directly to OR.

2. OSMUN ER
> Your allowed to do.. umm.. pretty much EVERYTHING: V/S, Skin tests, Suctioning, CBG, NGT insertion, IV insertion, Catheter Insertion, ET Tube insertion (assist), Through Vain Meds administration, Post Mortem (from ER till at the morgue), IV Meds calibration and incorporating, ambubagging et.al.. in short... REAL nursing stuff.
> You DO the ECG, and staff nurses and doctors help you interpret the ECG STRIPS.
> staff nurses = totally friendly and helpful! They give all the real thing work to us students, giving us the chance to at least learn them skills.
> Suturing still depends on the IM on duty, like come'on.. theres only 1 doctor for all CCU/SURGICAL/TRIAGE/MINI OR Patients.. like one time, there was this man having stabbed wounds.. he was admitted at 2 AM, and had to wait till 6AM to get his stabbed wound done.. the irony of public hospitals.
> in OSMUN, you get to meet ALL KINDS OF CLIENTS: RUDE clients, DRUNK clients, BITCH clients, INDIGENT clients, and all. That's why most of the time 3 or 4 police officers invade the triage area.

Special Notes:
1. It was an honor to be recognized by Sir Falculan, telling me "You ought to be an ER nurse."
2. Thanks to this blocking, am now considering to have the ER Area as one of my choice field next to OR if i get bummed to pursue medicine.

The gist: Whenever you will be blocked at OSMUN-ER this coming first semester, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN. Its only a once or twice in a lifetime experience to feel the REAL DEAL. Grab all the skills you can have! Its like GEAMH-DR in an Emergency Room comparison with other agencies.


How bout you guys? I'm pretty sure you had your EPIC duty blocking too. Go share them in this blog! : )





Wednesday, May 5, 2010

SCRUB FORM Samples


Notes:
1. These are pre-final samples of the SCRUB FORMS, as consulted with our clinical instructors. These are for future modifications, so it is advised to please do write your data with PENCIL or ERASABLE PEN (Pilot, 0.5 tip, P 77.00 each)
2. Please see colored words; these were what Dean Jael advised when i consulted with her last time.
3. THESE ARE TO BE UPDATED ANYTIME SOON, so update yourselves on this page constantly.

SUPER DOOPER EXTRA NOTES:
1. YOU are NOT REQUIRED to buy erasable PENS!! I just stated that as ONE OF THE OPTIONS. USE PENCIL or anything else, or if your sure enough with your data then do write it with a PEN.
2. the BLUE COLORED words are COLORED just for EMPHASIS. and it doesn't mean that the supposed data to be written on those spaces are also COLORED BLUE. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN BLACK COLOR.



DELIVERY ROOM SCRUB FORMS

1) Sample of FIRST THREE (3) Copies
2) SAMPLE of (1) COPY with PATIENT'S FULL NAME
OPERATING ROOM SCRUB FORMS

1) Sample of FIRST THREE (3) Copies
2) SAMPLE of (1) COPY with PATIENT'S FULL NAME

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Basket-BALL.

Last time i had my first every NOC duty as OSMUN ER, heres what happened:

at 10PM we entered the vicinity LATE, heavy traffic jammed our way at paseo de. sta rosa, leaving us with no choice but to wait for the slow roll to move for an hour or so. The area was full of commotion, ER nurses running here and there, IV insertions done at max speed, ambu-bagging at a cubicle, crying stabbed patients at the triage - the whole set up was so much different from the scene we usually see. Reminds me of Sir Falculan's words, "Say Mary Med ER, CMC-ER, or MAMC-ER? Consider OSMUN-ER a different one, different cases will come in.. most of which involved crime scenes, and the drama? jeez. you don't wanna get involved. Most of the time it'll look like a prison place with lots of police invading the place."

I was assigned at the Triage area - the place where you segregate and prioritize patients. oh HELL it was so HOT there.. oops.. re-thinking.. i sweat a lot! specially in hot under-ventilated areas.. so yeah.. i kept my cool, been so wet for the whole shift like i just did jump into a pool. I felt dehydrated while interviewing, but that didn't stop me from admitting at least (estimated)10-15 patients for the whole shift.. it was an easy job though, data gathering, and of course with the help of Besa, my co-sweat partner, its all good in a breeze.

1st admission came in.. a 19/M patient, traumatized at the (L) posterior aspect of her cranium by a chair.. after asking what happened, he irritatingly answered "I was involved in GANG fight, and was smashed with a school chair." "wow he went ghetto on this one," i contemplated silently while weighing the patient. To summarize, maybe around 5-6 of all the patients i admitted were involved in either b*tch fight, ghetto war, et al, and others? N&V, Chest Pains, and excitingly LABOR PAINS (yeah, some of the team were so much looking for DR SCRUBS.). One patient though was stabbed at the LLQ of his abdomen by an unknown person at around 2AM. Its pretty cool though, cause 2 of my blockmates finished their MINOR OR scrubs because of the flooding cases of suturing at the mini-OR.

One patient took all our curious minds' attention. GCS 4, under cardiac monitor w/ defibrillator on deck, and continuous ambubagging by relatives and neighbors. We approached the patient; V/S Done, Nuero Vi Done. BP = 220/170, PR=105, Temp = 38.1..... WOW.. the compensatory mechanism of our body does really do wonders. The patient had stroke, as what the relatives told us.. and theyre just waiting for his time to meet our Father above. I asked the lady doing the respi stuff, "Ate, Kaano-ano mo sya? (Ate, how are you related with the patient?) " She replied in frustration, "Ahh, wala, kapit bahay lang ako (am just his neighbor). WT*? Follow up questions were thrown, "Asan ung mga kasama nya? asawa nya? mga anak? (where are his relatives? his wife, children?)", she then replied, "Andun sa labas yung asawa, nag papahangin, tapos ung anak nasa bahay, COMA na kasi to, inaantay nalang ung oras nya, eh ayaw pumayag nung asawa na itigil lahat ng nag papabuhay sa kanya. (Shes there outside, breathing some fresh air. He's already on COMA, and just waiting for his time. Thing is, his wife doesn't wan't to sign the DNR form."

Then i asked what's the reason behind the refusal ,she then replied, "Yung panganay ata nilang anak ung mag sisign dapat kasi hindi nya kaya.." i then asked where the Kuya is, she said, "ANDON, nag BABASKETBALL."

Pretty COOL? Playing basketball while his dad's life is on the brink of being expired?..

At the end of the shift, the wife then signed the DNR form. She held the patient's hand, crying at the bedside, while doing the ambu-bag.

We may now know what's the Kuya's perspective on this... why he kept on playing BASKETBALL after all.. Maybe its his way to divert and Deny the facts..

What's your insight on this case? Encode them below the comment box..

Sunday, May 2, 2010

the "dreaded" MD surgeon at CMC

So I've heard that there is this "feared" MD surgeon at CMC OR that clowns and degrades student's blocked under him unless you are a girl and a foreigner. Anywho, I'm blocked under this hommie.

Rewind: For some reason I was anxious about OR. It has been over a sem since I did anything OR related. But this text helped me out greatly: Isaiah 26:3 = "You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you."

And glory to God, i nailed that out of the park. Was able to keep up with giving instruments, cutting the sutures, set up the sterile instruments, and the "feared" MD didn't yell at me or anyone else for that matter.

So this "feared" MD. He has nothing and is Nothing compared to my God who give me strength, peace of mind, and confidence to stand up against those who are "feared".

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Literary Jump: "A Testimonial"

"Thank God, Intact pa ang Pinuhunan Ko!"
By: Ms. Jan De Ocampo




"So many times the Lord will allow things to happen to us , just to show that

Often, in church, i envy the people who stand in front and share a testimony. Sometimes it's about their experiences during an outreach, or how their parents disowned them when they decided to get baptized, or how somebody close to them died and it changed them. Don't get me wrong, i do not envy them because they get to stand in front (goodness, NO, i would probably faint from nervousness), i envy them because they have a powerful story to tell of how God intervened in their lives. Yesterday, i learned my lesson, the hard way. I learned that envying is a sin and i should be careful what i wish for, because i just might get it.

"Pag-madumi ang sapatos nyo, absent-an ko kayo!" Those were ma'am Estapon's words that sent me searching for white shoe polish. I even had a tiff with my mom over the frustration of finding something that would restore my shoes to it's original color. When i finally found it (Thank you, Mr. Alvin Amurao), i stayed up late just to make sure that every centimeter of each shoe was as white as paper. After around 30 minutes of washing, polishing, and brushing, my pair looked like duty-shoes again! I placed it on the floor, admiring my masterpiece(haha!), and thought to myself "Ha! Tingnan natin kung sino ang absent!"

FASTFORWARD TO THE NEXT DAY, (Friday) April 30, 2010.

5:00 AM I hop on the bus and scan the seats for ate Deem, my seatmate for the past two days. Oh, there she is, but she's seating on the other side of the bus, weird. Fine, doesn't matter, i guess. And kuya Martin Adea's here too! Probably coming to get some scrub forms signed. I proudly show ate deem my shoes, they're sooo white, i love it!

5:20-ish Finally a batchmate who probably woke up late is here now. Good thing she was able to catch up. We pray and off we go! Kuya Martin and I are chatting, lights are still on. Im probably not gonna get much sleep now.

5:45 Ma'am Estapon scolds the kuya-driver for loading gas only now, when we're already late for duty. She tells the driver to next time load up on gas at night. Kuya-driver shyly says yes ma'am, and we are on the road again. Kuya martin's stopped talking now, probably sleeping, and I try to get some too. For some reason, even if i try, sleep won't come. I guess i'll just have to settle with closing my eyes. Come sleep, my patient's baby poops like there is no tomorrow, and i want to be alert for that.

6:30-ish The driver hits the breaks three times. Why? Oh no, something's wrong. I open my eyes and HOLY KAMOTE we are going to...... *CRRRAAAAAASSSSSHHHHH* I open my eyes(i don't remember but i guess i closed my eyes again before the impact). The windshield is smashed into pieces and i cannot see the driver and the kuya-conductor. Wala na ung front ng bus, sobrang yupi. Ma'am Lea is stuck in her chair and cries for help. Whoah, did sir Shal just lift the whole seat and set ma'am Lea free?! Amazing! I turn to my right and ate Deem's face is so red, but she seems fine. I turn to my left and Micah is bleeding! Blood all over her uniform. Look for something to wipe the blood and put pressure on wherever the bleeding's coming from. Kuya Martin helps me look. Oh wait, nose bleed pala. Atleast yun lang. My other batchmates are shaken, but nobody was unconscious. Good sign. I look down, and DARN IT! My shoes!
My just-this-morning-so-pretty-white shoes, are DIRTY AGAIN. Hay, Thank You Lord everybody seems to be fine. Wait, the people outside are screaming for us to get out. Hala! There's smoke coming out from the front of the bus! Dear God, please naman don't let the bus explode. Atleast not until everybody is safe outside. Oh my, wala ng door! How do we get outside? Teka, sir Shal is jumping out the window! Ako din! Im bringing my bag and my dear red pillow. Kaso baka mahirapan ako. Ok leave it. Ay wag! Andito skills booklet ko. I run to the window. Ate Deem, kuya Martin, let's go na DALI! Kuya Martin: "WAIT! asan ang scrub forms ko?! ANG SCRUB FORMS KOOOOOO!" Bahala ka jan, ako im jumping na. Waaaah! Ang taas pala! KEBS! May i throw my things on the road and JUUUUMMMP! okay im safe now. I think. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU Lord!



Psalm 91:1-2 'He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." He will cover you with His feathers, under His wings you are safe.'
(I promise I wasn't posing for this photo.)


After everyone was able to get out of the bus, police patrols and ambulances came to bring us to the Ospital ng Muntinlupa E.R., another highway hospital, and a police station. At the station a police told us that we were so lucky because most of the accidents they experienced, they ended up picking bodies on the road. Dr. Flores' family, Mr. Morada, and Kuya Jonathan Gonzales came to the station, provided us with some food and took us to a bus station. Rides from AUP would take too long now since the traffic going our way wasn't moving anymore, so we had to commute to OsMun. At OsMun, another bus was waiting for us. There we were reunited with the other people who had more injuries than we did. They were stitched and patched up now. Micah, my nosebleeder friend was smiling again! At AUP, we all went down at the clinic just so they can make sure that everybody was okay.

I praise God because He is too good. I escaped with just bruises on my knees & legs, muscle pain, and dirty shoes. The worst injury we had was nothing seven sutures couldn't fix. Looking at the pictures of the bus now, i would think that people inside wouldn't be spared. But God didn't allow that to happen, He kept everyone safe from serious injuries. And at the end of the day, we were all back from the hospital, clinic, and police station, ready to welcome the Sabbath and praise God for giving us another chance at everything.

Thank you to all who called, texted, commented & messaged here in FB, and visited me at home. Most especially thank you for your prayers. And thank you to everybody who helped to make sure we were okay: Dr. Flores & Family, Mr. Morada, Mr. Gonzales, Tito Bob Galicia, Ma'am Angel Bingcang, Ma'am Susy Jael, Clinic Family, CON FAMILY, and my dear batchmates! ICONS UNITED! : )