4 months on Respiratory | NHS Rotational Physiotherapist

NHS ITU. Base wards. NHS rotational staff. Next rotation. Confidence and new skills. On-call service. No respiratory physio outside of On-call for the next 4 months as I am going to Acute medicine.
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[@RodneyDubePhysioApprentice]

Hi Mariah, thanks for sharing, I enjoy your videos coz I can relate to a lot of them. Recently watched the one you made about physio myths and had a good laugh because they’re all so true! Nice to hear your experiences and reflection. I’m in 2nd year on my apprenticeship and I’m on a respiratory placement (week 3 of 6). In the critical care team as well so I’ve learned loads and similar to you, feel more comfortable with respiratory but I know I still have loads more to learn. I’m fine with the post op patients and have been seeing them by myself (long arm supervision type of thing). Do you have any tips or learning resources you can share specific to improving my knowledge of ventilators and skills of treating ventilated patients? Thank you in advance!

[@ArrayRay_physio]

Hey Rodney, it's lovely hearing that you enjoy my content and find it relatable. Too many misconceptions to address haha. How do you find the apprenticeship? erm, for tips I would say speak to the ITU nurses as they are working with the vents all day they always seemed happy to answer any of my questions. At my Trust, we have resources on the shared drive so check there. However, you could also search for the make/model of the ventilator as the company may have their own useful guide. In terms of teaching, your skills will improve with experience. It's easier when you have a patient case in front of you than in a textbook e.g

[@RodneyDubePhysioApprentice]

@@ArrayRay_physio thank you so much, I will chat more to the nurses and yes, on the shared drive there is a PowerPoint presentation on vents which I will look at as well. I’m finding the apprenticeship really good for my learning style as I’m a very practical learner. Not gonna lie, it does get hectic but it’s worth it. Can’t wait to qualify tho!! 😅😅

[@RodneyDubePhysioApprentice]

Also, it’s interesting that your rotations are 4 months, over here they are 6 months. Do you think you’d prefer longer or are you happy with 4?

[@ArrayRay_physio]

@RodneyDubePhysioApprentice most places offer 6 months but I really didn't want that, so I seeked trusts that offer 4 months. I think 4 months is ideal for me. The only time I wanted longer was when I was on complex medicine and I spent 5 ½ months with them

[@RodneyDubePhysioApprentice]

@@ArrayRay_physio ohh fair enough, sounds like you knew what you wanted from the get go. Do you know what you want to specialise in yet?