Comments on: MsP as a Medic Student: Lesson 1

By: msparamedic

msparamedic — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:55:26 +0000

how very true, Mr. Eddy. (by the way, i’m a little star struck that you’re reading *my* blog right now) I was fresh out of the box and thought I was invincible. Now, I think about my friends and family at the start of every shift and say, “Well, Nat, you gotta make it home to them tomorrow morning.” That always keeps me level headed… thanks for reading!!

By: Sean Eddy

Sean Eddy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:19:43 +0000

Great story! Thank you for sharing your experiences. I had a similar call with a pcp patient that broke out his restraints. Looking back, I know I could have easily avoided the situation had I just asked for some help before transporting.

What I got out of the experience was a valuable lesson learned. My health and feeding my family will always comes first.

By: jeramedic

jeramedic — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:34:37 +0000

Very happy that you were alright (or the best it could have) sometimes mistakes are made in the field, but it’s how you handle them and move on is what really counts.

By: The Gate Keeper

The Gate Keeper — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:05:35 +0000

Oh the joys of EMS!!

Kudos to you for taking it like a champ and maintaining your composure, I only hope I would have done the same. I’ll have a simular story up in a day or so about a call I ran the other morning with my wife and we got or butts handed to us by a functionally MR pt…I didn’t do so well.

Just curious though; can you guys use Haldol in the field down there? Sounds like 5-10 IM may have quieted him down a little.