Easter weekend

A huge thank you to everyone who was on call this weekend. We appreciate the dedication our team has towards our patients and our fellow team mates. Please keep it up! Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates Easter.

In the light of team spirit, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce more of our team members to you all.

Happiest of happy birthdays to Dr Carissa Naidoo (21st April)

Hoping that every moment and everything will be picture perfect and blissful.

Dr Mata Ramutsindela

Dr Ramutsindela joined us earlier this month. She dabbled a bit in the realms of "pri-vat" and spent some time with locus agencies. Prior to that Mata has spent time working in Pietersburg hospital all the way in the Popo's.

Representing us in the MO group on Facebook, Mata saw posts regarding working here at Steve. All positive posts 🤐 I hope. Imagine if I mention someone and get called through switchboard again. Rindze (Yolanda) also advised for coming to Steve too!

Mata aspires to be the most boss anesthetist wherever she is in 5 years time! Wishing this for all of us reading the newsletter! #Mannifest!

In her spare time Mata likes to craft and read. In terms of music vibes, a huge Riri fan. Y'all know what songs to play when she's around! Her birthday is 25 November which makes her a Sagittarius for those of you that believe in stars and planets.

Dr Sebabtso Ratikoane

Dr Sebabtso Ratikoane joined us recently as a medical officer. She will be us for the year and we sincerely hope that we will be able to nurture and guide her growth as our seniors did with us. She did her community service in the clinics in the Vaal (last year). Prior to her com serve, she did internship at Leratong. She went through a season of unemployment since Januworry 🫠 where she had some locums opportunities.

She mentioned hearing about us during her time at Leratong during the Anaesthesia rotation. #WordsFadeMemoryPersists

Her hobbies include spending time in beautiful spaces i.e. massages and peaceful restaurants with people she enjoys. She currently still stays quite far all the way by the waters of Vaal. So if you guys know a place, hit a girl up would ya!

5 years time, she aspires to be an employed specialist in Gauteng. She would also like to grow her family so maybe as a mom too. #goals She currently does not have pets but she loves dogs. Who would blame her? 🐶 Her birthday is 14 October which makes her a Libra. For those that conjugate based on stars.

Her go to artist: Cleo Sol🫶🏽 I've taken the time to include a playlist below.

Weekly reading

For those of you who also like perusing ATOTW to get some much needed material to keep up with details. This article is on capnography. It explores aspects of capnography and compares intubated waveforms vs non-intubated waveforms. It also goes through some physics aspects of our monitoring modality which is super helpful for us to understand our tools better.

Capnography in the Nonintubated Patient

Capnography in the Nonintubated Patient : Virtual Library |

WFSA Resource Librarydrgitanathhotmail.com

Recipe inspiration for the week

Better cheat meals (Facebook)

(My working out and better cheat meals working out seems to be a little different, with 1kg potatoes would be 542 calories per serving)

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1067265711739216

High-Protein KFC Famous Bowl

447 Cal | 48g P | 50g Carb | 6g F (556 Cal Regular milk) Servings: 5

Chicken Base

-700 chicken breast diced into cubes (1155 calories)

-1 egg (72 calories)

-75 g crushed cornflakes (268 calories)

-2 tsp paprika

-1 tsp garlic powder

-1 tsp onion powder

-1/2 tsp salt

-12 tsp black pepper

-olive oil spray 

Light Chicken Gravy

-500ml chicken broth (267 calories)

-2 tbsp cornstarch

-1 tsp poultry seasoning or chicken salt

-1/2 tsp garlic powder

-1/2 tsp onion powder

-1/4 tsp black pepper

-salt to taste

Mashed Potatoes

1 packet smash mash potatoes (316 Calories) (2 packets will yield 510 calories per serving )

1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk (29 cal) [Fat-free milk is 90 calories]

Topping

75 g corn kernels (fresh or thawed from frozen) (48 calories)

Instructions

Shake & Bake Chicken

-Preheat oven to 200°C. (180 if air-fryer with lower time too) 

-Line a baking sheet 

-Crush cornflakes and combine with seasonings

-Pat chicken dry with a paper towel

-Coat chicken in egg 

-Coat chicken in 2 batches, add more cornflake mixture and egg covered chicken to sealable container and shake until coated evenly. Repeat

-Spray with olive oil spray, bake 15-18 minutes, flipping halfway

Potatoes 

-Boil diced potatoes until soft

-Mash and season. 

Gravy 

-Whisk cornstarch with 1/4 cup (60 ml) cold broth

-Heat remaining broth with seasonings

-Slowly whisk in cornstarch mixture

-Cook until thickened

To serve, divide into 5 portions for above marcos.

Friday Academics