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This, I think, has been the best day! I don't know why it's so darn exciting, but delivering babies is awesome. It all seems so intuitive (and deceptively easy).
You can't deliver babies who present a limb first - they need to be surgically removed. Keep babies coming out umbilical-cord-first in the uterus by holding it in place, and stay there until the surgeon says you can let go. Vaginal bleeding is serious. Always make sure to deliver the placenta, or the body will keep sending blood and exsanguinate (they didn't use that word, but that's an opportunity missed!).
There were also a lot of weird new words, speaking of. Primagravida, multigravida, abruptio placentae, etc.
Did you know eggs are fertilized in the fallopian tubes? Then they travel down into the uterus and attach. Knowing this now, I'm surprised there aren't WAY more ectopic pregnancies.
We started out the day practicing some skills - glucometers were out, bandaging, splinting, nasophayngeal airways, backboard, and stretchers. I picked stretcher, since I failed so miserably at it. The pre-med aide asked if anyone had done it before. I replied: "I've done it wrong before." Everyone laughed, the memory of my failed attempt fresh in their minds. He tried his best to help, but my body mechanics are still off. Dang!
I like starting with skills. Tomorrow is the cadaver lab! Pretty stoked! It seems there are four of us going.
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