I finished my last day of nights today at 7am and got home feeling knackered. I managed to sleep till 2pm and eventually ventured out to do some shopping. Felt really shattered towards the evening but decided not to go to bed early and passed on the opportunity to go out for a few drinks as i was worried i would fall asleep.
Generally the week of nights was ok. Monday night was really hectic and i was busy till 3am. There were several cardiac arrests and i felt a bit of a loose end initially since it has been so long since i have attended an arrest. Unfortunately, on Tuesday I was part of the arrest team that failed to revive a 25 year girl who came in hypothermic and almost asystolic—was really sad! The rest of the week was fine, and eventually my body clock adjusted to my new hours, so now i know i am tired and yet i don’t feel sleepy. Bizarrely in this job i will have random one day nights, so my next night on-call is next Tues. Plus i am working Xmas day and the NY weekend. Oh well! This is better than Psych!
Gotta go to bed. Footy tomorrow AM.
Posted by nhsdr 
