Tri Nguyen

• First point of contact for ED referrals in a high-volume hospital
• Gained extensive experience in making plans for the initial management of patients presenting with a wide variety of General Surgery conditions
• Assisted with theatre cases on the emergency list
• Attended trauma calls and involved in initial management and stabilisation of trauma patients
• Informal education of residents and interns, as well as formal lectures to medical students every fortnight

RAH Urology (Feb - May)

• Managed ward patients
• Took consults, ED referrals and external calls
• Assisted in theatre with many cases including nephrectomy and stone surgery
• Primary surgeon on smaller cases such as scrotal explorations

RAH Spinal (May - Aug)

• Managed ward patients
• Took consults and ED referrals
• Managed trauma patients with spinal cord injury
• Presented patients at Spinal MDT twice a week

QEH Acute Surgical Assessment (Aug - Feb)

• Took consults, ED referrals and external calls
• Attended Level 1 traumas
• Developed initial management plans for surgical patients, later being refined through discussions with on-call fellow
• Triaged patients and escalated to seniors when necessary
• Includes 3 months of nights

Internship rotations

• RAH ED
• RAH Gastroenterology
• TQEH General Medicine
• RAH Relieving
• RAH Hepatobiliary Surgery