Planning to be back on blogging track cause blogging/ journaling force me to recall my memories and pen it down, during the process, make me rethink, grab the lessons and save it in the blog, at least the record in blog is long lasting 🙂↕️
So.....it's my 5 months into the second year training of critical care field at the new hospital HSI. Had encountered numerous cases. Let me list down the cases that I have seen so far:
1- Trauma cases: TBI, polytrauma ended up in hip disarticulation (total 2 cases- unilateral disarticulation and bilateral disarticulation. Unilateral younger 15 year old patient still alive the last I checked, and another 20+ yo lady passed away recently)
2- Severe ARDS
3- Maternal sepsis (ARDS pneumonia, pancreatitis)
4- Starvation ketoacidosis
5- DKA
6- Fluid overload with CKD
7- Acute coronary syndrome (mostly NSTEMI)
8- Morbid obesity with fluid overload
9- Severe metabolic acidosis incompatible to life but patient managed to pull through and still alive (2 patients)
10- Young teenager 30 kg 13 yo girl underlying myelomeningocele defaulted followup since young and came with uremic status epilepticus due to advanced CKD with hydronephrosis.
11- Traumatic intubation
12- Catastrophic extubation- young obese boy with status epilepticus
13- Burn
14- TENS with underlying ultra resistance status epilepticus
15- Super geriatric critically ill patient
16- Intraabdominal sepsis
17- Dengue fever
18- Malaria
19- Airway diseases (AECOAD, AEBA)
20- Myasthenia crisis
It will be never-ending lifetime studying and learning. Thanks to my supervisors for constantly reminding me that there's lot more to read up and not to slack around 🥴
