Personal Narrative: My First Day At My Internship Experience

Today was my first day at my internship at Vermont Sports Medicine. I observed Deb. I saw many different patients who had all had different types of personalities, and many different type of injuries. It was interesting to me to hear how they performed their injuries, and how they deal with the pain. I also saw many techniques that she performed on them such as using hot pads, taking sonograms, and evening looking at x-rays. One thing that I really liked was how unique each patient was. I also got to see patients that did things that they were not supposed to. One patient did not listen to what Deb told him and reinjured his bicep. This made it so he had to get surgery again, and begin is therapy from step one. I also liked how she kept me involved. I got to see how she made splints. On downtime I washed tables, she showed me how to do laundry, and where to equipment if she ran out. I also saw patients that had nerve damage, which she would treat differently than people who broke something. It was interesting to me to see all the different things she used with the …show more content…
I really enjoy seeing the progress some of the patients have made. Today we saw the boy who broke his arm on a dirt bike. He is only 17, so it is really interesting to look at his x-rays. It is interesting to see the progress he has made. After looking at his x-rays you can see that he is still healing. Deb keeps stressing how important it is for him not to ride, because it would be very easy for him to break his arm again. He has admitted to riding again, because it is his passion. Also he is graduating from high school. You see even at his age the struggles he has to deal with since he broke his arm. Since he can’t be in Georgia training for the nationals he planned on working as a landscaper. Deb does not think that this will be a good idea, because his injury is still very new and has a lot of healing to