It is impossible to forget the 18-year-old teenager who was given his own skin for transplantation by his father. Or the little boy who suffocated and died after an hour of resuscitation. There is no respite in this work to calm emotions. among other things, this leads to the fact that Polish nurses are mentally overwhelmed. We talk about their daily life with Justina Pazderskaya and Anna Shimchak-Krason, who have been working in the profession for over 20 years. Today is International Day of Nurses and Midwives.
Alexandra Zalevskaya-Stankevich, “Directly”: Do you often bring work home?
Anna Shimchak-Krason: Often, especially when you lose the fight for a patient. Such moments are remembered for a long time. I still remember the first patient I lost, her tanned skin and reddish hair. At that time I worked in the intensive care unit in Szczecin. Two days earlier, I had assured her that everything would be fine. I can still see the limp body of a two-year-old boy who was brought to the hospital by Danish parents in his arms. The child choked on something, the resuscitation team lasted an hour, but the boy, who had cancer, could not be saved. And the situation a few days ago - March 14 was my birthday. At the clinic, the entire team resuscitated the patient. We barely saved him, but we were pleased that our well-coordinated team was able to work effectively.
Justina Pazderska: I have the impression that nurses work all the time as if they were in a war. Especially in intensive care. They have no respite to vent their emotions. Work is exhausting physically and mentally. Sometimes there were shifts in the hospital during which there was no time to eat. I remember many tragic situations, especially from the time when I worked in the Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Griffitsa. I still remember a burnt 16-year-old boy who was accompanied by his mother to intensive care, where he was connected to a ventilator and sang songs to him. We couldn’t hold back the tears. Also, when we changed his bandage for several hours, because his whole body was burned. Or when the father of an 18-year-old who was electrocuted gave him his own skin for transplantation.
Source: Wprost
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