 What's up you guys? Since the down I welcome back to my channel. So I had a question asked about do I get to, like, do I have to stay up all the time on my 24-hour shift? And the answer is no. That's bananas. But I wanted to talk to you guys about everything that I do on a 24-hour shift and just kind of where I'm at in my life right now in terms of all of the specialties that I'm covering because it actually is a lot when I think about it. But that is the beauty of being a PA. I can cover different specialties at the same time in my career and I love it because it just keeps me in the know. So if you're interested in becoming a PA and you're interested in covering different specialties, this video is for you. Let's get into video right now. All right. What's up you guys? It's Zidano. Welcome back to my channel. I said, no, I do not have to stay up 24 hours when I'm on my 24-hour shift and that's great because, you know, 24 hours is a long time and I'm there from pretty, like, oftentimes like 6.30 in the morning to about like 10, 10.30 the next day. And that's because it just depends on which specialty I'm on. So as you guys knew, no, I switched from trauma primarily to OBGYN primarily because that is where I've always wanted to be and in doing so like the times that I started switched. So when I would come in for trauma, I would always come in around like 6.36, like 6.20 just to kind of get myself ready and prepared, look at the list, look and see who's there, what I may need to be doing for the day. And then we usually have sign out with everybody on the team at 7.30. With OBGYN, it's a little bit different for the women's health aspect because we don't have sign out until 8. And then it's a little less in terms of me trying to like get used or know like what somebody is doing or where they're at because a lot of these women aren't staying like weeks at a hand, right? So in my trauma situations, a lot of the patients have been there for days, weeks, new things are happening on a consistent basis. You know, somebody is getting a CT with IV contrast, somebody is getting a CT with PO contrast. Somebody may be getting QAM chest x-rays when I go to women's health, you know, it's just like, okay, what C-sections do I have for today? You know, did any consoles come in overnight that I now need to follow up on from the last team? So it's a little more structured and a little less like, oh, what do I need to do today? I cover quite a few specialties, you guys. I cover OB, trauma, I cover vascular and thoracic. I also cover the sickle cell clinic now, which is something that I like. And then sometimes we take calls or consults for urology. That is kind of going to the wayside a little bit because we do have like a urology PA now, urology team in the hospital. However, at night, there was not urology coverage. And so when I was on trauma or whenever I do, do cover trauma at night, which I'm not quite doing as much anymore. If a vascular or thoracic console comes in, that's us. And then if a urology console comes in, that's also the trauma team. And so there was a lot that we were doing. And I love it because at the end of the day, I get to have my hands in different pots and I get to keep my skills up, procedure skills, just being able to kind of triage patients and figure out what's going on, understanding big ticket things. I remember there was one time when I got called for a patient that had a bleeding fistula. I don't remember if the patient had like picked the scab or what, but all of a sudden like somehow the fistula was now bleeding and when I came in, like they were like very much like, oh yeah, you know, it's bleeding. I don't know like what to do. And I was like, okay, let me take a look at it because it was very like wrapped up and I opened it up and then blood just like shot up at me, you guys. And I was like, oh, like I covered it back and then I'm like looking at this patient's hand and it's getting kind of like blue pulses are a little bit weak. So I had to call my attending. Those are the ones that are like, oh my gosh, like what do I know what needs to happen? This patient needs to go to the OR. This needs to be like ligated or tied off. And there needs to be like a new fistula form made or created for this patient. And so I had to call my attending and it was like a big thing. And we're like, oh yeah, you know, let's go to the OR now within an hour. And so we were able to do that. But these are the things that I love. I love being able to like, you know, put in chest tubes or, you know, open up and abdomen and take out a baby and see life. So those are some of the things that I'm doing in terms of the various different specialties. And it's something that you can do too as a PA. And that's the beauty of being a PA being able to just go from specialty to specialty or not even like go from specialty to specialty. I'm still in the same hospital system, right? I'm still in the same hospital, but I'm just kind of like, just tip telling you around different areas of the hospital. You may see me in the Sickle Cell Clinic one day. You may see me doing vascular another day. I may be helping you get your baby out or I may be putting a chest tube in your chest, you know, it really doesn't matter what you're going to see Adana and doing all of those various different things. And it is great. So I definitely think that if you, if slash when you do become a PA, it's important to kind of not pigeonhole yourself. And so obviously when you're an outpatient, it's a little bit more difficult to kind of just go from here to here to here to here. But you do have the opportunity to like, you know, get a PRN or part-time job in other aspects of health care, be it like urgent care or the hospital system, and then that way you're able to just kind of keep some skills up so that you aren't like just the master of that one trade. You're able to actually like, you know, see things in different settings. You know, you're going to know what to do if like some emergency happens because you've been working in like trauma or emergency medicine or urgent care versus, you know, you've just kind of been in primary care your entire time. So that is like one thing that I'm doing. I don't sleep all night and I don't and I'm not up all night. There are nights when I am awake, like the majority of the night. And that may be because I have an emergency C section or I have a lot of consults going on with trauma was we had a lot of a lot of consoles and a lot of traumas coming through the hospital. But for the most part, I do get to like pop down, like maybe sleep for an hour or so before like, I get called by a nurse or I have to go see a patient or something along those lines. So it is like pretty kind of it can be taxing throughout the 24 hours, but I do get to rest. I'm not up all night. Um, and then I wouldn't trade it for the world, you guys. It's like the best thing because I get to like go on vacation and not have to take PTO. I get to spend time with my kids and my husband, um, who I love dearly. So I want to make sure that I'm able to like spend time with the family, you know, that I've chosen. And so that is one of the beauties of my, my job, my career. Um, and that is one thing that I love about being a PA. And that is why I always, you know, if you guys have the opportunity to shadow or see somebody in the profession, I think it's always important for you to go do that so that you're able to see what works for you. And if this is really the career for you because it is not for everyone. And so I just want you guys to remember that, but that is me in a nutshell, all of these different PAs I am right now. And, um, at the same time, just loving life. Um, so I, I think it's great. So if you are interested in becoming a PA, just drop me another question, um, any questions that you may have in the comment section below, don't forget to follow me on Instagram and on the PA and on Instagram and get this university again, you guys, there are some amazing things happening this summer. So you definitely need to stay tuned to my channel to hear about all of the things happening for you as a pre-PA, PA student and a PAC. If you haven't already done so, like this video and, um, subscribe. Thank you guys so much for watching. I will talk to you guys next time.