25th
July
2008
A day’s work
Haven’t done this for a while so here’s a snapshot of a day’s general practice clinic for me. In view of patient privacy I’ll mix this up and not go into much detail but here’s a list of the consults today :
- Antenatal checkup 32 weeks
- Child immunisations
- Antenatal checkup 29 weeks
- Abdominal pain – postnatal
- Baby immunisations
- Antenatal checkup 36 weeks
- Hormone implant
- Quick walk over to the hospital for a ward round to see a couple of post-op patients and their babies, and to check on my patient in labour. Narrowly avoided getting caught in the rain on the way back.
- Neonatal check-up
- Baby immunisations
- Child immunisation
- Antenatal checkup 24 weeks
- Antenatal checkup 35 weeks
- Child immunisation
- Child immunisations
- Antenatal checkup 20 weeks
- Antenatal checkup 37 weeks [...by this stage the day is looking quite repetitive, but that's fine by me.. usually it's not quite this homogenous though]
- Miscarriage
- Depression
- Eczema
- Antenatal checkup 14 weeks
- Child immunisation
- Child immunisation
- Wound infection
- Burn
- Antenatal checkup 29 weeks
- Ear infection
- Eye problem
- Baby with abdo upset
- Peripheral oedema
- Injured finger
- Abdominal pain
- Knee injury
- Antenatal check 38 weeks
And that’s my day. Well mostly – I still have a patient in labour who could deliver any time this afternoon/evening. And a pretty good day for appointments too – only had 2 who didn’t turn up which is a lot better than some days. Last appointment was 1350 and it’s now 1401 and I’m leaving to get some lunch before I pick up the kids from school. I like finishing on time 
Tags : General Practice, Medicine, Obstetrics
Categories : General Practice, Medicine, Obstetrics, Personal | 1 Comment
