I was very much looking forward to today for two reasons: 1. we got to finally present our little presentation; 2. we got to hang out in the simulation lab. We also had our headshot done today, so everyone was dressed in business professional, and we all looked "adult".
Little Presentations
We started and ended the day today with each group presenting their research presentation. We lucked out because we were group 2 and got to get it done and over with pretty early. I felt like our presentation went pretty smooth; however, I kind of wish that I could have gotten some feedback for the next time. I really enjoyed everyone else's presentations, but a few one's that stood out to me were the ones on correlations between chronic illness and mental illness, Burn-out, and Social Media Addiction. I really loved seeing all of the statistics on Social Media Addiction and the prevalence of mental illness in Type 1 Diabetics.
Simulation Lab
The simulation lab was by far my favorite part of the day. We roved through four stations to work with the simulation mannequins and EMT skills.
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We started off the rotation with the cardiac arrest simulation. Two girls and I "stumbled" upon a man in cardiac arrest and had to work together to do CPR, rescue breaths, find an AED, and alert the EMTs. The first time around was extremely chaotic. Our simulation mannequin almost fell off of the stretcher. However, the second time around, we switched roles and I was one of the people on the EMT position. It went a lot smoother, and this time went a lot quicker as well. It was fun to see what it would be like to be in a situation like that and have to work together as a team and let someone be the leader of each group.
2.
We then went into the intubation simulation. The instructor showed us how to do it and then just let us practice on our own. I got the skill down pretty quickly and got my time down as well. There was competition going between all the groups to intubate as quickly as possible and I got my time down to 8 seconds. As we were working, Austin was coming around watching us intubate. At that point it was my turn to intubate. He started talking to me and my partner as I was working and didn't even realize that while we were talking I had already intubation the mannequin. I was definitely proud of myself for getting that skill down and getting pretty good at it.
3.
After that, we went into a fracture simulation. Two of us were given sleeves to wear on our arm that represented an open fracture. The instructor showed us how we would go about wrapping the wound with a splint, gauze, and triangle "slings". It was a lot of fun watching everyone try to properly treat the "open fracture" on my arm. we then learned how to treat a closed fracture on someone's leg, which I thought was a lot easier to do.
4.
We then went into the tourniquet and wound packing simulation. It was cool to put on a tourniquet and actually get to see the skills I learned from girl-scouts actually get used (at least on a mannequin).
Quote of the Day
"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention." - John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
Final Thoughts
I truly enjoyed today's activities. The simulation lab was amazing, and it really taught me the importance of leadership and communication during an emergency. It was loads of fun throughout the day. I can't wait for day 6. I give day five 5 out of 5 stars.
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