3rd Post

It is now the third week of my internship at Mount Sinai. My knowledge of the hospital areas has increased with each passing day. For example, before when lost patrons saw me in the winding hallways and asked me where the elevators were, I just shrugged and said "I don't know I'm just a volunteer". Now when I wander the vast hallway systems of Mount Sinai and see lost patients or their visitors and they ask me "Where is ?" I say, "Oh, its over there down the hallway make a left, make a right go up then three lefts". The emergency room is also more interesting than before, ever since I learned most areas of the room. I see more patients with more and more interesting ailments, such as jellyfish stings, and cardiac arrests. Then I recognize the patients with the regular emergencies, such as falling, or generalized weakness. At one point I saw a person sitting down on a chair in the main hallway, getting his hand stitched up like a torn teddy bear. It looked quite painful. I also saw how systematic and organized the people of the emergency room work. They each do a job that contributes to a bigger picture.