Medical School Preparation: Day 12

In my second week of doing chemistry book problems, I realize I've memorized parts of the periodic table and some of the molar masses of elements. I suppose that's the point of doing similar problems over and over.

My volunteer time at the Chico Immediate Care last night went quite well. By the end of the evening, I was by myself cleaning rooms after patients left them. The medical assistants keep moving fast in there, but the work (that night) wasn't overwhelming. There were two medical assistants and two providers, and then me. To my great fortune, the night medical assistant supervisor is an able explainer and capable of quickly doing his duties while verbally walking through every step.

I'm due back next week. I think this will end up going to good places.

Today I learned the words distal and proximal. Literally, distal means distant and proximal means near. Specific to orthopods, the distal part of a bone is the part furthest from the center of the body, and the proximal part is closest to the center of the body. When wrapping appendages, always wrap distal to proximal.