Intensive Round

Days in *NICU is isn't the way it thought to be. Everyday is a war time where any patient can deteriorate very fast. So, the rule is better make sure you know all your stuff before you're managing any patient in the ward.

Everyone in the ward has to be well-trained including all the nurses without exception although they still caught some troubles here and there everyday. Anyway, the nurses here are 100% far more experienced in handling any emergency neurosurgery case than in any other ward and also from where i am from. All of them area capable of making clinical decision and to inform the doctor immediately if something terrible is happening to the doctors.

Monitoring in ICU is using a system called "Carevue", a computerised system whereby they enter all the observation from patient's daily monitoring. Everything including the vital signs, medications, PU/BO, I/O investigation etc are all charted out for easier monitoring.


*NICU- Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit

Brain is All Over in Neurosurgery unit!!!!

It was after lunch where we have a good laugh where one of the MO there actually commented on something about the brain which actually is rather funny...


He was mentioning that the speaker just now has brain shifted to the somewhere.. Well, maybe because they are talking about some pc program which going to cost the hospital 30 ,000+ for maintenance. This is in fact a large figure indeed.

Anyway, there was another lady around. An "Angmoh" with sort of flat chest..
So, he told us that the brain actually shifted to the butt..Haha, her butt is bigger, no doubt about that. Hehe..

No offence ladies!!!!

Anyway, wonder that's the way neurosurgeon jokes is? I have no clue at all.

First & Second Day in Neurosurgery

Whether it’s my luck or not, I am still not sure as to how should I be feeling. I am allocated in the NICU ward of NNI, Singapore for the first week posting. Being a medical student with negligible knowledge about neurosurgery, I think I am starting to adapt to the orientation of the ward. Well, I can’t say it’s 100% but at least 40% which is still satisfactory for me but it may not be for the consultant there..Haha


Well, maybe I should consider it my luck as the consultant, Dr 100% seldom teach but she was teaching because of the new junior MO that just started their new posting there. Therefore, I am granted a chance to learn from her. Why Dr 100%? This is because she expects every MO in the ward to manage the patient from head to toe and as a human.

I agreed with her saying that “No one would like their parent to be treated by a doctor with 5/10 qualification” Neither one of us would like to be treated by someone who might endanger their life.