Yesterday I didn't have any time to write what I had done, so I'll do it now.
It was an interesting day with some ups and some downs. I was really happy when I was told in the morning that I was shadowing a porter who mostly does patient transfers - this was what I most enjoyed on my first day. I was shadowing a different porter to the day before to start with which was good; it's always good to get a different person's perspective of life working in a hospital. We ended up doing a variety of things from transporting patients to taking out the rubbish, as well as the constant job of taking bloods to pathology. In the afternoon after quite a delay while he found time to collect me, I was stationed with a different porter who mostly does x-ray transfers. I really enjoyed this as we were transporting patients all afternoon, and its great to have a chat with them too when I get a chance. Towards the end of the afternoon however there was not much to do as there weren't many x-rays booked.
Overall, I think the main thing I learned yesterday was more of what it is really like in a hospital environment, and how the amount of work (especially for porters) is very variable depending on lots of different factors.
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