Out and About This October!
October Volunteer Hours: 9 Semester Volunteer Hours: 16 I believe we are more than half way through our 1st semester and I can definitely say that I'm still hanging on! This past month, I was able to start volunteering weekly at Touro LCMC. My shifts are every Thursday from 4pm-7pm in the Emergency Department and so far, I've completed 3 shifts. I chose to volunteer in an ED because I do see myself becoming a physician in the future and would love to further explore the hospital environment. My tasks consist of dressing the beds once patients have been discharged, helping deliver food to patients, walking patients from the ED to Fast Track and more. I started about 3 weeks ago and I did notice that, sometimes, I may need to ask for new tasks to do simply because everything is usually already taken care of by hospital staff. Despite that, I have had a good time overall because I feel like I'm learning so much. The other day, I was able to read a few ECG/ EKG readings becaus