this was my first semester of clinical, yesterday was my last before break. i have not had any problems like feeling faint AT ALL. yesterday i was doing a wet to dry dressing change with my clinical instructor and another student. the patient had terrible ulcers on her lower leg, and after we had removed all of the 4x4s, i started feeling very hot and light headed! i was surprised because i wasn't even really that grossed out or anything. i went and sat down in a chair in the room, in order to first of all, prevent passing out, and secondly, in hope that it would go away if i sat for a few minutes. after a few minutes when it didn't go away, i told my clinical instructor how i felt. she took me out of the room and put me in the nurses meeting room and got 2 other students to take care of me. by this point i was so hot that i felt like sweat was dripping off of me, i almost missed the chair, and my vision was really spotted. my friends luckily took great care of me, got me some cold water, a cold wash cloth, and some saltine crackers. after sitting for about 10 minutes i began to feel better, but i am just wondering if anyone has any advice about getting over this so it doesn't happen again. i just don't understand because i wasn't really THAT grossed out, and i don't understand because it only seemed to get worse AFTER i left the room. if anyone has any advice for dealing with this it would be highly appreciated!