Today i helped my friend-Joanne to bed bath a patient,
he is
28 years old and he met an accident
20+ days ago.
that was really a
very very bad and serious accident,
this was my first time to assess this kind of patient with
having fracture here and there,
almost every part having wound, Povidine solution, suture, staple mark, and also he has done
ORIF, so he is having somethings which is made up of steel to hold the fracture bone,
the steel was fixed from inside the bone then pass the skin to the external part of the fracture area....
besides that, his right hand is not funtioning well now,
the
nerve was broken, he not able to lift up his palm,
he was really sad on the day that the doctor told him about this, i was there too..
but nothing i can help..
i was blank in how to help this patient to clean up himself,
how to make him felt comfortable,
how to help him relief his pain..
my heart was really in pain...
he also done skin disloughing,
so now he need to have dressing daily.
Around 1 something, i ask permission from him,
"can i stay with u when u wan to do dressing, i hope that i can see how is your wound getting on..."
"sure"
then a group of us-student nurses was there when the dressing is carry on..
the wound is covered up with bandage, after removed the bandage, they pour Normal saline to the gauze which is covered on the wound...
at that moment, i felt the pain, his leg was kept on shivering because the was nothing support on the steel, it was very heavy for him..
then they slowly removed the soiled gauze, piece by piece they removed,
we saw the wound, i can't imaging it!
there was a open wound with about
20cm long and 3 inch wide, some more the wound is deep inside, we
can see the bone, the fat tissue and also some blood clot there..
some
flesh blood is drain out from there...
i can see the fracture bone through my eyes...
i nearly want to vomit...
next they pour hydrogen peroxide on the open wound to kill the microorganisms,
the solution became bubble when contact with the wound,
just like ENO.
to me that is
PAIN PAIN..
nothing can describe other than
STRUGGLE...but he still very calm, he still will make fun and frighten the nurse who is performing dressing...
he is really a good patient, very coorperate with us, tolerated very well with the dressing...
i wish the he will recover as the day gone day by day, give him strength to the next day for survive, hope that he will think positively to wahatever he will facing.LET US BLESS HIM....