My first day at the LUMC started with the morning handover in the NICU, the neonatal intensive care unit. Here the doctors on the night shift discuss the patients and incidents of the night with the doctors on the morning shift. Unfortunately, I didn't understand much of it because it was held in Dutch. Afterwards, Prof. Te Pas showed me the ward and the workrooms for students in the final phase of their studies. Unlike in Germany, the study of medicine - "Geneeskunde" - is offered as a Bachelor's/Master's programme in the Netherlands and is more practice-oriented. Afterwards, I went on rounds and saw a newborn who had an AV block due to his mother's lupus antibodies and therefore has to wear a pacemaker. Unfortunately, the left phrenic nerve was damaged when the pacemaker was inserted, so the baby now needs increased respiratory support. After a midday snack, we moved on to the Skills Lab, where today the resuscitation of newborns was practised on practice manikins. In contrast to adult resuscitation, newborn breathing plays the most important role here, as it is much more often the cause of a necessary resuscitation than cardiovascular problems. I also met Jessie and Leonie, two very friendly exchange students from Indonesia.
The neonatal intensive care unit of the LUMC.
Resuscitation course, station "ventilation".
Resuscitation course, station "extremely preterm".
Resuscitation course, scheme resuscitation of preterms.
Jessie, Leonie and me at the resuscitation course.
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