This week I got to work with a medical assistant by the name of Sam, he's probably my favorite person there because he's funny and super friendly. I got to see babies get check ups and also got to see some of them getting vaccinated. It was a pretty neat experience because I plan to work with children in the future, so being able to see babies and kids and what the MAs do was amazing. I also worked in Infusion again and got to take people's vitals like blood pressure and temperature. I also learned about a process where if a mother is pregnant and she has positive blood and the baby has negative blood, the mother's body will attack the baby and possibly kill it because the body believes it's a foreign object in the mother's body and wants to get rid of it. One of the residents there taught me that and I thought that was fascinating. I also learned of a rare skin disease called dermatomyositis where the skin develops a very extreme rash and can be deadly if the rash develops further into the body and get ahold of the organs. I do not have a picture of this accomplishment added on my online portfolio, but I will talk about what I have recently received that I could add to my portfolio. I received a letter from a congress called the National Academy of Future Physicians and Scientists and they are inviting me to meet in their congress and talk to physicians and scientists and hear everyone's experience in the medical field. I was personally invited because of my hard work and my grades and recommendations from other teachers and/or counselors. I'm very grateful for this and I plan to attend this meeting in the middle of June. I'm looking forward to meeting these physicians and scientists and other people who are interested in the medical field and just as passionate about it as I am.
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Candela
10/10/2016 06:38:21 am
Congratulations! It sounds like you continue to learn a great deal of new information each week. I especially enjoyed reading about the babies, probably because I had two. :)
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Victoria PerryHello, all! I'm Victoria Perry and this blog is going to be about my journey through Career Field Experience and shadowing doctors, nurses, etc. Welcome to my journey! Archives
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