I got a good days sleep, and it's a damned good thing, 'cause I used up every bit o' energy in my body last night.
There needs to be two people working my shift. At least 75% of the time, anyway. I'm actually doing two full-time jobs, radiographer and CT tech, and about a half-time file clerk job. Not that I'm doing the file clerk part very well or very consistently...
Anyway... we had a relatively young man (38) die unexpectedly in the ICU last night. I was unexpectedly present when the wife told her two young sons, about five and seven.
Patients dying doesn't really bother me all that much... I mean, my heart hasn't hardened or anything like that, but people die pretty frequently... check the obits in the paper if you don't believe me.
But the pain that the loved ones go through... I can't do that. I can't watch that. I will do anything to avoid watching that.
Sometimes I have to anyway.
Anyway...
Something that I forgot to mention about Friday night, when we got the two kids from the car wreck... O'wait! I didn't say anything about that, did I...
The wreck happened somewhere up north, and the chopper was going to take the to KU Medical Center... but KUMC, the big hospital in KC, was on trauma bypass.
That is absolutely unheard of. This medical and health care personnel shortage is getting way out of hand.
The other hospital here has been on bypass most of the weekend, they just started seeing patients again yesterday evening. How the hell can they get by with that? I know that we couldn't, although we were refusing cardiac transfers Saturday night because we had no beds... but there weren't any people turned away... cardiac transfers are relatively rare, anyway.
Three more rotations after this, then I'll be on days. I really wonder if it'll be that much better... I can only hope.
One thing that's been bugging me about the employee awards dinner Saturday night... neither my supervisor nor my director showed up. I really shouldn't think about that, 'cause it pisses me off.
O'well. Two more nights, or maybe just one. Hopefully I'll get off tomorrow night, or at least not come in until later. I really don't want to go to the funeral, but I'm gonna force myself to do it.
Gonna be another beautiful day slept away.