dominic22

I have experienced smelling salts, as the patient. One day at the police academy we were doing physical training, I began to feel as if I was sick and having trouble breathing. My condition began to rapidly go down hill and luckily we had an EMT-B there who was training with us. They laid me down onto the floor and check my vital signs. It was hard for me to keep my eyes open, not as if I was slipping unconscious. I kept my eyes close because it was much easier for. I started to hyperventilate and so they moved me into a different room. They contacted the fire department and when the fire department arrived on scene I guess they though I was semi-conscious, fainting, or faking. Well they placed a smelling salt under my nose and I began to shake because of the feeling. They then put me on a NRB and I felt as if I was suffocating. Once we were finally inside of the medic they hooked me up the EKG and I was listening for the medic to read my HR and rhythm. He said "HR: 140; Sinus Tachy". The smelling salt did it's job, however of course I was not a fan of it. I also was not faking so it bothers me to think that they may have believed that.