Our recent field trip to UCSD C.A.R.E was very interesting. Their goal of being able to quickly diagnose patients with psychosis was extremely intricate and it was cool being able to get a behind the scene experience of the new technology they use while working towards their goals. A really awesome moment for me was taking our mini tour around the hospital and all the buildings surrounding it. I found it fascinating how all those extra buildings are really what keep the hospital running day and night. Personally I’m interesting in emergency medicine so it was cool to see where the ambulance delivers the patients and I got to learn a bit about what goes on inside. Such as who receives the patients and how the nurses and very well trained in dealing with trauma since they are a level 1 trauma center. Back at the psychiatric center I got to gain a deeper understanding of what it is they do on an everyday basis and how they treat patients and do research. Another great experience was watching them put the EEG cap on one of my peers and seeing how they were able to get so much information from that. They caps recorded the neuron and muscle activity. Whenever my peer blinked with the cap on you could see how much the activity would increase, it was crazy! Overall this visit left me wondering how psychology and psychiatry plays a role in emergency medicine and how they respond to trauma. Hopefully I am able to do a bit more research on that and how it affects the brain.
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April 2017
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