On Tuesday, my poor CG had to go down all the way to the hospital in the west for our tri-monthly ETT assessment, which they informed us of barely 24 hours in advance (thank-you-very-much), thus ruining the illusion that we could take a free half day off from the monstrously long ward rounds…
As R put it, ‘the joke was on ourselves in the end!’
Anyway, a discussion transpired between two students right after one of them finished the ETT study…
A: Hey, weren’t we supposed to use 10mls of water to inflate the ETT balloon?
B: Water? No what, I thought it’s air?
A: Really? Then… hmmm….
B: HAHAHA the water is for your urinary catheter la!
A: OOPS! I told the examiner I used water lei… haha… Anyway, later when you go in, remember it’s 4mls of air, 4 mls only hor!
B: Really? I thought it’s 10mls air?
A: Apparently not… oh, 10mls is for urinary catheter!
later in the afternoon…
A: so how was your ETT?
B: i forgot to inflate the balloon leh!
A: …
