Fifteenth Day

How annoyed can one get in the span of two hours?

Freaking. A lot. Turns out.

Maybe I haven't expressed this well, but I feel really unprepared when it comes to this stuff. So much so, going back to mortuary school is looking good again. But maybe it's not me!!

THRICE, my teacher was wrong right after he said I was. Case#1: we looked at a child's ultra-swollen, narrow airway via x-ray. I asked: "would we use oxygen in that case?" He proceeds to look at me like I'm an idiot and replies: "No...we gave that kid epinephrine, albuterol, (something else), and oxygen."

Looked just like this, only child size

Oh. My. Gosh.

Obviously I'm not stupid enough to think oxygen alone will magically fix a swollen airway, I just wanted to make sure you'd use oxygen as opposed to ventilations (inadequate ventilation because lung issues? IDK). And you do use oxygen!! I wasn't wrong!

Later in the slideshow, he asked the class what the most common airway obstructions in children were. I said "saliva". No incredulity this time, just a quick: "If there was saliva, they'd just swallow it." Sure enough, AT THE TOP of THE NEXT SLIDE: "common obstructions include blood, vomitus, and other secretions."

The third, and most annoying is last. My teacher has the most annoying habit of skipping over abuse. He just says to watch out for it. For what? We never go over the signs! Maybe he's uncomfortable. Maybe he realizes someone has probably been through it. But we knew that when we signed up. Teach us. And then, as if he couldn't sink lower, some middle-aged lady asked how common abuse was in Utah.

First, how the hell would he know? Second, why not Google it and get educated about such an important topic? Third, he said that IT WASN'T THAT COMMON! And proceeded to say that it was more common in poor communities.

NO! NOT TRUE!

Seething, I do a quick Google search for stats as I contemplate saying something. Is it my place? Does anyone actually care? Does a criminal justice and domestic violence background trump his?

Well, I didn't say anything and we got back to the slideshow. Sure enough, within a few slides, it was written that socioeconomic status had no impact on domestic violence rates. And he proceeds to skip right over it. Why not read it? He'd been reading the slides nearly word for word previously. Oh, because it says he's WRONG?!

Gosh, this whole time I thought it was me!!!

Still, maybe because this is such a crappy program, I feel unprepared. Maybe I should go back to mortuary school...