Old & New

OLD: One of the old and daily things i do at my internship site is translating. There a several Russian speaking patient in my department who have been there for a long period of time. Every day they come in to rehab gym for their exercises. My co-workers and the therapists always ask me to stay along with them to translate so it would be an easier time for them and us.

OLD: Another old duty of mine is alwas stay along with the therapist when they are taking out the patient on a walk around the OT floor. I need to stay really close to the patient's back so that in case if he/she falls, i'll imediatlybe able to move the chair so that there won't be any unpleasent accident.

NEW: The very new challenge for me at OT is help out nurses put the patients from wheelchair back to their bed. It might seem very easy, but when you try out yourself it takes time, energy and a specific way of doing that. The therapist picks up the patient by their back and in 1 second i have to be fast enough to move the bed so that when the patient is seated he was is suppose to seat properly.

NEW: The second new thing is now sometimes i am sent to the other OT department that also taked place in out hospital. That other OT is in the same building where Metro Sport is located ( Yuri's Department). It is much smaller that mine not only in size but also patient amount. What i do is just help out therapists in that department or just prings some props that out have and theirs doesn't