Wednesday, December 7, 2011

So I haven't Stopped Studying

Not yet at least, this time. This is, needless to say, good.

What's more interesting than the fact that I'm still studying is that while I'm studying I run into stuff I've been seeing/doing at work, which makes it a lot easier to remember things. I've been recording/tracking the blood and protein returned in urine tests, for instance. Then I studying I learned that what those are looking for (among other things) are possible defects in the glomerulus of the kidney (which is supposed to "filter" out large molecules). You get an "oh, neat" moment when you read about stuff you've been doing. And then it becomes even more interesting to do as well.

The other day when the pace slowed down for a bit in the ED I also got taught what an x-ray of a patient with pneumonia looks like, some basics of ekg reading, and a four-step outline for treating hyperkalemia in patients.

Fun stuff.