Settling into things

I sneaked out of the ICU to do admin stuff... better make this a fast one! the hospital internet system bans facebook! so i cant put anything on fb. I'll prb head down to Starbucks when i'm free this weekend to put up pics and update fb.

I'm currently staying in Harbor-UCLA hospital. The cab ride here was great. The cab driver was so nice I took his namecard since I have to move off to the UCLA hospital within the university's campus in 3weeks time. The hospital has little trailers w zinc roofs located in the compounds and I was given a room in it. The toilet is shared but there's only this 1 other girl. I didn't see her last night though.. i think she cld not tolerate the heat. It's 30 over degress here now. There's a freak heat wave in LA now.

I bought scrubs cos everyone wears them. but they're qt expensive actually... big and shapeless too (unlike Grey's Anatomy). I get a free meal at the doctor's cafeteria so there's no need for me to cook for dinner.

The ICU here is huge and busy like crazy... or maybe it's my luck contributing to the workload. Patients here are real trauma patients w GSW (gun shot wounds) and RTA (road traffic accidents). Many have vascular problems tt are rare in Spore like AAA repairs, aortic dissections, acute limb ischemia... and they use drugs like minoxidil, hydralazine, clonidine instead of the usual ACEi and Ca channel blockers. They type in tradenames for the drugs too!! I had to write down a list of conversions to understand it.

If tonight's another sleepless night, I shall go do a nightcall :s