Prehouseman Attachment at USM (Day 17)

Assalamualaikum dan semoga kita sentiasa berada dibawah lindunganNya Amin:)

1)  Met Dr Fasihah (HO) she taught us on how to do dressing on the surgical site wound.
-Do CBD on the patient
-The surgical site wound (some) must be left open to reduce infection and must do dressing everyday.

2)Met Dr Amalina Nudin and her friends. Observed them doing dressing on bed ridden patient.

Take home messages :

• Common cases in surgery department : 

-appendix

-stoma

-cholecystectomy

-pancreatitis

-breast cancer

-mastectomy

-cholelithiasis

-gall bladder

-carbuncle (must do dressing)

-abscess

• Housemanship in USM Surgery Department:

-End of assessment with 30 questions of MCQ only

-Auto off tag in surgery

-mostly plan of management according to ED & pre operation

-Medication must also refer to old medication patients had taken before.

-Plan also change when SP/MO doing rounds. Must carry out new plan after that

-Mostly HO presenting the cases in surgical department.