Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Fun suturing!

Recently, I joined Scrubs, which is a student surgical society. Joining it I think is good because it equips you with the skills a surgeon needs.

I'm not too sure if I want to become a surgeon in the future but the prospect of becoming one sounds interesting.

So, the fundamental thing a surgeon must learn, in my opinion, is suturing! Because no point doing a fantastic surgery and not know how to stitch your patient up nicely right LOL

Yesterday, I joined a workshop that teaches you how to suture. It only costs 2 pounds which is a rather worth it. :)



Our surgical tools. And yes, including the banana too! We had to suture up the wounded banana. 

(don't look at my deformed nail please)

All this while I thought the needle was straight! Haha, but it's actually curved. And you have to pierce the skin with the needle held in its U shape.  (do I make any sense? LOL)

(and I bet you looked at my ugly nail)  

My suturing partner, Xue Lin. :) 


No idea what is this surface. Not a sponge like I initially thought. The material felt like a real skin! I think it's even better than my skin cause mine became so dry and I keep forgetting to slab on some moisturizer before heading out. It's cracking now :(

 Daniel suturing the banana like a boss!


 and TADAH! Here's the banana I saved from death. LOL I don't make any sense. I guess it's fairly decent since it's my first try. But I definitely need to practice more.

And it actually ruptured a bit cause I just shoved it into my backpack without looking :(

At first I had trouble following the instructions cause my brain is generally slow in processing information. LOL but after a while, I finally got the hang of it. It's not that difficult once you get into the rhythm. 

But it's just a basic technique, there're far more advanced suturing techniques to learn.
Yeah, it is still in my study table's spot of glory. Along with my bottle of nutella and cheerios. LOL

 WHY SO SERIOUS?

Overall, I had a lot of fun and I am really looking forward to learn more about this! :)

Now who wanna be my guinea pig? :D

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