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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Greetings from the Morgue...
Yes. The Morgue. You read that correctly. I am currently typing this post from the Chief Medical Examiner's office of New Hampshire. I just started my rotation here on Monday and will be here for the next 4 weeks. So here is a typical day for me:
I spend my mornings/afternoons til about 2 in the morgue performing autopsies with the medical examiner. There are usually 2 or 3 per day. What I've mostly seen so far are drug overdoses. Yay! It is really cool though. I really enjoy the anatomy and being able to visualize everything so well. So far this week I've been mostly observing or getting blood from different areas in the body but eventually I'll be doing more dissecting of the organs. (NERD ALERT. GEEKED OUT :D)
So after autopsies I can either stick around, study/work on my big presentation I have to give at the end or go home. Depending on the time, I opt for going home :) Another cool thing about this rotation is that I get to go to the crime lab and see all the forensics behind it all AND I get to go on scene with detectives. So, if they find a body in the woods with maggots and who knows what else: I will be there. I'm basically living in a CSI/Law and Order episode for the next month. SO COOL.
After this rotation, I only have two more and then: GRADUATION. I can't believe it's so close.
SUMMARY of my life:
So for those who are unaware of my PA [Physician Assistant] life, here is quick summary: I'm in my second (and last) year of school. During this year we have 9 clinical rotations in each area of medicine located all over NEW ENGLAND. Also, they are each 5 weeks long. So far this year I have lived in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and am now in New Hampshire. I've done two family medicine rotations, and a rotation in the ER, Ob/GYN, general and vascular surgery, and pediatrics. I have internal medicine and pysch left (after my autopsy rotation is over). I'll be graduating December 15, 2012 (PARTY PARTY PARTY) and then the plan is to move back to Grand Rapids where I'll hopefully be finding a job!
So that's it for now. I should get back to living my life like Dexter. Minus the whole serial killer thing.
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Apparently I have no idea how to format this blog. I couldn't make paragraphs. Sorry folks!
So cool to hear, sounds like great stuff! Youl have to tell me how psych goes :) I just finished my first month of elective psych for 4th yr. Right now I am really busy the next days and weeks applying for residencies, but I will provide a further update wen I find time to bloggerize.
Looking fwd 2 more morgue stories :)
Nora! You sound like the superhero you were named for! Or...was named for you...or whatever. (HURLENOR!)
I want to do autopsies!!! That sounds ridiculously awesome. Like you're a detective. Or on a TV show.
I want to hear about the dead people! More more more! How do you know it's drug overdoses and what do you see inside them for the different overdoses?!
Also, I love you and I can't believe you're graduating soon!!!! I'm so pumped for you! I can't believe how successful and smart all my friends are. You are all going to have big kid jobs. And I will continue to be confused for a stripper when I state my occupation.
lol.
But seriously, good job.
I'm so happy that you're graduating so soon! These two years have flown! Remember when we were all graduating three years ago? And now look at us! Also, can't wait for you to come visit!!!!!
Also, your aunt's house is France? I was thinking we should go there, too!
Kara,
For the drug overdoses you honestly don't see anything in the bodies, unless they took a whole bunch of pills at once--then you can see a pill mass in the stomach. But so far, I haven't seen that. So we have to put "pending" on the death certificate until the toxicology comes back (which takes 6-8 weeks).
It's so cool though. I'm learning so much anatomy! Amamzing!
Keith,
I'll definitely let you know how psych goes! That's where you're apply for residences right? In Psych? Hope things are going well and you're not toooo stressed ;D
Nicole,
Yes! France! Let's go!
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