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Blog post #1
I learned that you can learn so much just from looking at someone and learn their whole story. I thought it was incredible that the doctor was able to know that the first women had another smaller child, where she was from, and what route she took to get to the hospital. All the different stories that he told really stood out to me, because he wanted everyone to be able to understand what he was saying and talking about. I also thought it was very interesting that he compared how physicians did things back then versus now. They always used to include the patient in rounds and now the patient is discluded. This makes me think about when I will be in healthcare on the caregiver side, I will include the patient to keep them informed and included.
Blog post #2
First SIM lab: I thought this was a great first lab. My group and I were able to work really well together and find the symptoms and get the vitals we needed. We noticed the blue blue fingers and were able to add some oxygen and then a breathing treatment with some medicine and solve the problem. We all were able to share the responsibilities and work together. We learned how to take blood pressure, respiratory breaths, and pulse. I also thought it was a lot of fun to find all the issues, the history of the patient and then come to a diagnosis of the patients asthma becoming worse because of some animals. These skills will definitely be helpful in the future no matter what field I decide to go into because they are basic skills to get vitals for the patient.
Blog Post #3
I thought the video was really helpful because it showed so many pictures with before and afters. This really helped show what the surgeons do and how good they are at their job. I really like how they made it so easy to learn about their surgeries so it wasn't the speaker talking and saying words that we have no clue what they mean. Personally I was also very impressed by how easy she was making everything sound as well and how perfect they make the face look after the surgery. It was also really cool to see how many different parts of the body could be used for other things like parts of the ear being able to be used for the nose or the leg for around the mouth. I love how she also talked about the god you can do too by going to third world countries and helping babies with cleft pallets. This was also really helpful to hear about the different kinds of specialties you can go into and she also said they're all around about 5 years of schooling which is good to know.
Blog post #4
Since our last post we have had multiple people come in and talk about their profession. One person we had was Allison Davis, she works for EXOTHERAPY as an athletic trainer. I really enjoyed hearing her presentation because she worked specifically with athletes and highly active people who participate in sports. She talked about her schooling. You have to go to college for four years, then go on to two more years to physical therapy school. You could tell she really loves her job, the hours were also nice, she said it was pretty flexible. You usually get there early in the morning then leave later in the afternoon, which I think sounds pretty good. This presentation made me consider being a physical therapist more than I had before hearing about it.
Blog post #5
This semester in sports medicine I learned more than I did in any of my other year long classes. This was also my favorite class by far as well. I was recertified in CPR, certified in first aid, learned how to bandage wounds, and suture. I also learned how to check the special tests for ankles, knees and shoulders. I learned med terminology which was probably my biggest challenge because I didn't have any prior knowledge. I loved learning how to wrap ankles because I've sprained my ankle a couple times and I always asked my AT questions about it and found it very interesting. Along with ice around injured limbs. I was surprised the most by how much my future career changed. I had always wanted to be a nurse mainly because I was very interested in the medial field and knew I wouldn't need lots of extra schooling, but I also didn't know what else was out there. Being able to hear all the different speakers come and talk about their profession opened my eyes to so many other options I didn't even know existed. I know want to go to PA school after graduating from the University of Arkansas. I also made a bunch of lifelong friendships and got close to so many new people. A few takeaways from CAPS I got were how to be professional, how to create the platforms I need to succeed in finding jobs, people to shadow, and how to be more confident in myself. The only thing I regret is not taking more CAPS classes.