Sketsa Kecil

Yesterday was my birthday. And I did merely nothing but working. Lately, my night shift was more like a torture than work.

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My night shift began at June 22. That afternoon, the emergency room was quite hectic Patients kept coming from 2 pm until about 11 pm. I hardly stopped. I only went home for a short dinner and taking a bath, and the rest of the time, I was on the ER. I was so tired, so I straigtly fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow at the doctor’s lounge at 11 pm.

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Then the internal phone rang at 1.30 pm, a nurse said “New patient at ER.” Arggh..

In the ER, I saw Romy, one of mas Ressa’ staff. He was accompanying a girl lying on the ER bed, complaining migraine. I was so serious handling her for I thought she must be one of mas’ staff. Then, there he was… coming to the ER with a cake on his hands with 5 or 6 of his staff behind him. I was so speechless and only stood still while my mind was still on this patient. Then I realized this girl was one of the trick!

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I was sooooooo happy!! We sang ‘happy birthday’ slowly on the ER and I blew the candles. I never had a surprise party before. He also brought some food for all the nurses and securities who’s working on night shift that day. (Thanks a lot dear.. You really brightened up my day.)

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But the surprise party last no more than 10 minutes. Then the security came, opened the ER door, and said two words I really hated that time….. “New patient”. Aaaarrrgghhh!! Patients kept coming afterwards and I went back to the doctor’s lounge to sleep at 3 pm.

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The next day, I still worked at the ER. In the morning, it was no hectic at all. But then at 2 pm, there was a patient came with 10 cm vulnus laceratum on his parietal region because a tree fell to his head. We still find leaves and branches surrounded by blood clot in his vulnus. The hecting only took 15 minutes, I guess… but cleaning his head while trying to find the real vulnus and distinguish it from blood clot took more than 1 hour!

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Since then, the ER was hectic again! I hardly stopped and only went home for my daily routines, dinner and bath. Patients kept coming again and another accident happened with open os lateral malleolus fracture. The vulnus was only 1 cm length, but the blood was pulsatile. The fractured bone has ruptured his posterior tibialis artery. I did hecting but unfortunately my hecting FAILED to stop the bleeding! The blood kept coming, but the flow was slower… Aarghh!! I was so stressed out and hardly able to think. I slept at 2 pm that night. The nurse woke me up again at 5.30 because there was a………NEW PATIENT on the ER! After that, I went home and sleep till 9 am. I went to visit my patients in wards at 11 am. What an achievement, since I usually visit my patients at 8 am, at least no more than 9 am!

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There are so many ways to celebrate birthday, and I never thought that spending it with a hell lot of ER patients was one of the options. BUT, I surely wouldn’t choose that option again to celebrate my next!

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Big thanks to my dearest Ami (yang nggak ngerti versi bahasa inggris, jadi gue tulis complimentnya dlm bhs indonesia aja).. untuk rela ngantuk2 nelpon gue jam 12 lewat dikit, walaupun udah keduluan orang lain hehe.. Tapi gue hargai usaha lo cuy.. Dan thanks untuk unforgettable presentnya.. Thanks banget ya Miiiii……:)

(Selamat Mi, dengan ini Anda telah dinyatakan eksis hihihihi)