EMS_GIRL

One lesson I wish I had learned as A young EMT was how to wind down after bad calls. Learn the what happens at work stays at work, and what happens at home stays at home. Never let either one take over or you will burn out really fast.

OMG to funny! Why do I have a picture of my boyfriend thinking these were his undies throwing them on and dancing around the house with skid marks showing......

It made me look at myself really hard the last time I watched it. I realized 13 years of EMS I was turning into the main character and burning out.

CATS---- Cut all to Shit (trauma PT) CCFCCP---Coo Coo for Cocoa puffs (For the whacked out junkie)

Wow did I pick a bad time to apply for Acadian EMS! Looks like I better buy some water wings and a life jacket!!!

Now I'm Feeling Zombified by Alien Sex Fiend. I know I am crazy! :headbang:

I was recently diagnosed with a Protein S deficiency, and the doctors are considering putting me on warfarin therapy (I did have a PE 10 years ago, so I am at risk of getting more clots). I am concerned that I may have to quit EMS due to the dangers we face in the field and the risk of getting injured once I start the blood thinners. I am wondering if anyone else has been on blood thinners and still worked?

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I'm now known as Poopsie Bubble Hiney

Pirate Audra the Engorged

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I got 950 maybe I should become a flight medic.

You said she is 16 and is 40 KG. Does the pt. have an eating disorder? I'm wondering if this is secondary problems due to bulimia/anorexia.

Congrats good luck on the new job!

On my second shift as an EMR I arrived at a major MVA, after doing my primary survey I started doing my OPQRST and asked the PT. did the pain come on gradually or suddenly. Well we all know the answer to that question! :sign2:

Here in Alberta an EMR can Administer ASA and Oral Glucose, we can assist with Atrovent, Salbutamol and Epi-pen's only if it is the pt. prescription. We cant start a neb treatment here but we can continue it if it has been started at a hospital.

[quote="Dustdevil"Before they dislocate their shoulders patting themselves on the back for all of their "out of the box" thinking, it would be nice if the morons you are working with first learned what was in the box, and even what the box is for. Way too many morons in EMS who are overly impressed with their little tricks of the trade, yet apparently are clueless (or just plain lazy) about standard-of-care operations.

jw-c152, The KED fit perfectly behind the pt. and the built it handles gives you something to hang on to and makes it easy to lift on to the cot. Sounds funny but it worked, sometimes you have to think out of the box to get things done.

The first shift I worked my partner went in to the room and removed the wooden supports in the old wooden bunk bed so once I had layed down I fell from the top bunk down to the lower one. I was so scared I almost peed my pants. Here is a good trick for the getting the newbies, wipe down the bench set with armoral and make quick turns while your going back to the station, the poor newbie will go flying across the bench every time.

The EMR course I took cost me $1000. This isn't including the $130 for the first-aid course to enter the EMR course.

To: All EMS Personnel From: Chief of Operations Subject: Proper Narrative Descriptions It has come to our attention from several emergency rooms that many EMS narratives have taken a decidedly creative direction lately. Effective immediately, all members are to refrain from using slang and abbreviations to describe patients, such as the following. 1) Cardiac patients should not be referred to as suffering from MUH (messed up heart), PBS (pretty bad shape), PCL (pre-code looking) or HIBGIA (had it before, got it again). 2) Stroke patients are NOT "Charlie Carrots." Nor are rescuers to use CCFCCP(Coo Coo for Cocoa Puffs) to describe their mental state. 3) Trauma patients are not CATS (cut all to shit), FDGB (fall down, go boom), TBC (total body crunch) or "hamburger helper." Similarly, descriptions of a car crash do not have to include phrases like "negative vehicle to vehicle interface" or "terminal deceleration syndrome." 4) HAZMAT teams are highly trained professionals, not "glow worms." 5) Persons with altered mental states as a result of drug use are not considered "pharmaceutically gifted." 6) Gunshot wounds to the head are not "trans-occipital implants." 7) The homeless are not "urban outdoorsmen," nor is endotracheal intubation referred to as a "PVC Challenge." 8) And finally, do not refer to recently deceased persons as being "paws up," ART (assuming room temperature), CC (Cancel Christmas), CTD (circling the drain), DRT (dead right there) or NLPR (no long playing records). I know you will all join me in respecting the cultural diversity of our patients to include their medical orientations in creating proper narratives and log entries.

Domestic violence call, wife had been "pushed" down a flight of stairs.

I'm from Alberta.

I have found that it is the KED on my service. In 9 years, I have used it about 10 times and 7 of those were to transfer a pt. from a wheelchair to our cot (It works very well for that).