day four!
Today is day four of my volunteer work! yesterday, which was day three was just ok. Got to know that the exploded flesh that i mentioned in my previous post is actually known as bedsores. Saw more of that yesterday and how to clean it. but nothing much about yesterday seriously.
But today! i got to approach a occupational therapist! this was like THE path i was going to choose if i could not make it into nursing. It was really cool to know what an occupational therapist does. They help patients to be as independant as possible while doing everyday task. For example switching on the light, wearing clothes, walking , climbing stairs etc. Yupp and they rehabitate the patient by letting them do some activities. Today the OT(occupational therapist) asked the patient to use his hands to do a cycling motion on a stationary machine to strengthen his arms and thrown small rubber hoops of various distance from the seated patient into a basket. The OT told me that this helps to strengthen his balance and his strength. An OT will also visit the home of the patient and advise the caregiver of the patient what to install to aid the patient in everyday living, example a ramp to go over a small curb. Yupps! so it is an really interesting job as you have to come up with creative ideas to help the patient. Its somewhat like physiotherapy too.
Tmr is my home nursing attachment, apparently the nurse forgot to help me ask the home nurse people. Hope it does not happy tomorrow! cross my fingers!
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