Pembroke_Corgi
06-15-2006, 10:38 PM
I'm sorry to post a sort of "rant" thread, but this is bothering me and I can't sleep but for thinking of it. Today I had to work in the surgical intensive care unit, and I saw something very disturbing...normally they take patients to ORs to do major operations, but for whatever reason there was a patient today in IC where they had to operate in the room. They had sheets over the doors (which are glass) while they were operating, but afterwards they were open and I had to help clean up a bit with the patient still in the room.
I hope to god I never have to see anything like that again, it wasn't even the blood that bothered so much as the thought of the amount of suffering that person must be going through and how their family would feel if they saw that. I don't want to go into details, but that person did not look human anymore and the image keeps going through my mind. :( How do doctors deal with that?? All of the surgeons were chatting out in the hallway calmly afterwards like nothing had happened. I know they are doing something incredible and saving lives, but I would find it far too stressful and painful.
I really dislike like working in that unit, it takes a toll on me seeing people's families crying all the time and people coming in after horrible accidents. :(
I hope to god I never have to see anything like that again, it wasn't even the blood that bothered so much as the thought of the amount of suffering that person must be going through and how their family would feel if they saw that. I don't want to go into details, but that person did not look human anymore and the image keeps going through my mind. :( How do doctors deal with that?? All of the surgeons were chatting out in the hallway calmly afterwards like nothing had happened. I know they are doing something incredible and saving lives, but I would find it far too stressful and painful.
I really dislike like working in that unit, it takes a toll on me seeing people's families crying all the time and people coming in after horrible accidents. :(