We know we are complete and utter nerds, and as green as Granny Smiths, when the talk of the surgery lounge today was the fact that I got to do an I & D today.
An I & D stands for incision and drainage. This is just a fancy way of saying that I drained an abscess today. I donned my sterile gloves, injected local anesthetic although this didn't stop the patients wailing, grabbed the scalpel and made a 3cm incision. Oh, and then came the floodgates of blood and pus. Gross? Yes, maybe to some. But to me, it was a chance to cut. I realize its only my second day, but I've got to admit, I think I like that feeling.
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I like cutting when they are asleep...other than that I don't know, though I will have to do I&D's. I never got to do an I&D OR inject anesthetic. YAY for you!
Good for people to know.
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