A&E...

So, half term was lovely, skiing was amazing and we had the best conditions we've ever had :) However, my brother ended up having an accident in the snow park on a grind, his arm swelled up loads, but didn't bruise, so we just assumed that it was a muscle sprain, no break. So he just carried on snowboarding one armed using a pillow case as a sling. However, it started to bruise but it was assumed that this was just due to the impact.

Once we got home he went to A&E just to check it was nothing serious, he was seen by a junior doctor who thought it was damage to the tendons over the clavicle, but after associating with the oncall senior doctor he found two breaks high up his humerous. The junior doctor was calm, collected, professional while still very friendly and was happy to admit that they didn't know everything and needed to consult with a colleague. It was just another reminder that although it's difficult to get into the medical profession nowadays, people are still being accepted into medical schools, graduating, and starting their dream jobs. We think we need to be perfect all the time for such a competitive and prestigious profession, but this just reminded me that everyone's human, everyone's still learning and nobodys perfect all of the time! I just found it encouraging and motivating to see the junior doctor at work because it was a life example of exactly wher I want to be in a few years time!

Charlie x