i did my first assisting intubation for the first time ..
i tell u
the feeling is super scary lah !
u can really feel the ETT going down.
as if the tube has just pass by the throat to the larnyx(dunno how to spell).
until tdy, i still can rmb how it feel !
it like wow ..
i feel it lah ..

that day the second time i don up my staff nurse uniform, i was put into the most critical area where most patient are most unstable, and dangerously ill ..
those DIL, DNR, MCM patient
or patient condition change to the worst ..
like unconscious pt de ..

then it came a STANDBY ..
so it was unreponsive,
so need to be intubate as the GCS( conscious level) of the patient drop..
so b4 that i ask my SSN,
can i be the airway nurse, i told her i never did b4 neither do i try b4 ..
she agreed ,..
i was like yeah ..

in the end, i regret to be one
u noe why ..
becox i forget all my thing
all i can rmb was to pass this and that to the doc and i was like blur blur de
imagine tis ..
ure working with all the seniors!
two consultant, one medical officer, one senior staff nurse, and me ..
i was like oh my god ..
stress stress lah !
like wad i say i also forget ..

now i noe ..
when doc is hypervent the pt,
we must apply crioiod( dunno how to spell) pressure,
prepare suction if needed,
pass the larygnscope to the doc, once she see the airway ,
pass the ETT (B4 hand, already lubricate and test with the a syringe for the balloon).
once the ETT goes in,
immediate cuff it,
and doc say let go crioiod pressure
and see the marking
and paste it.
one of the senior doc,
tell me tis
wen u paste the ETT,
do not push in the ETT, instead ,
slightly pull out, so that the ETT wun go in too deep
becox when the ETT goes in too deep, it will go to the trachea den bronchus.. den it'll only inflat one of the lungs so end up pt will collaspe too !


my first time off ETT was kinda of failed ..
haha
but my senior staff nurse say tis to me,
kelly, u're quite organised,
keep it up, u nid more try ..
i was like really , okie i'll do better ..
haha
the senior doc say tis .. i tink u all nurse must haf 8 pair of arms in order to work ..
i tink it was quite true lo ..
one hand pressing crioid pressure, cannot let go den u to use the other hard to pass all the stuff ..
wah piang ehh ..
haha
but i've fun ..

another STANDBY came in,
it was a collapsed case,
so my senior SN say tis to me,
kelly u be the airnurse again ..
try again ..
tis time i was alright but i was a lilttle bit blur lah ..
cox the ting was prepared by her but i still manage to learn

in conclusion,
i must say tis,
ASSISSTING in intubation wasnt like the book stated!
it wasnt as easy as u tink
i can say tis to u !
really
it wasnt easy
in sch, we did it as if like no body business..
but in real life, u;ve to be fast
cox brain cell will die in 4 mins time if the patient do not received any oxygen..
and we can only do it in 3 times ..
if fail,
we've to keep hyperventilate the pt ..

i want to say
if u're given a chance to do it, go ahead and try ..
it fun ..
u'll find it amazing
haha ..

overall, i find it fun hehe .. i must be mad ..
i enjoyed working on that day
i was stress but i still find it fun ..
so i must keep going...