Feel shattered, but now wide awake…

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.

1st night shift completed, 4 nights left

Just done my 1st night shift in medicine in like ever. Must have had luck on my side as pretty much all the patients on our take will likely be discharged. Also got my 1st cardiac arrest experience in 12+ months—unfortunately the patient died! Got some shut eye and though the boss turned up an hour late, the post take was over and done with pretty quickly. Now back home watching Scrubs series 4.