Night life of a junior medtech

Night shifts (for me) are the most anticipated shift of the week. While others are sleeping, this is when you have to work as fast as you could to finish all the things on time. So let the COFFEE PARTY get started!

Night shifts had never been easy for me. Setting spooky stories aside coz Micro lab is kinda scary. Before going up for warding, we have to prepare things for the next day by running controls to machines. Reconstituting controls can be stressful at times when the controls don't go well as expected. This is where our pipeting techniques developed.

When I'm assigned in warding department, I really need to be quick in getting in and out of the patient's room for blood extraction. Waking them up can be time consuming so you gotta have a loud voice with a gentle tone to let them know. Each of us has a game plan on how to get all the patient's blood before the time runs out just like what floor comes first or should you prioritize the nursery rooms but in situations when some patients are difficult to extract esp babies or those in ICUs, we take our time..

Well, at the end of the shift you will realize you've survived. But one thing that I don't like from the night shift is that I keep on worrying if everything is OK after I left from work. That wears me out. After that, the day off is spent for the whole day of rest. That's how a night life of a medtech looks like.