tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856030010029791557.post968604830968628840..comments2023-06-11T09:28:29.271-06:00Comments on Baby Medic: A Systemfiznathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887628791335787626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856030010029791557.post-26512059334809723292007-01-04T01:45:00.000-05:002007-01-04T01:45:00.000-05:00Call natures, as reported by dispatch, are usually...Call natures, as reported by dispatch, are usually far out crap. It's not the dispatchers fault. It's the fault of the prolific EMD protocols. Any sort of abnormal breathing is classified as "Breathing difficulty." Pain from the neck to the knees can go out as chest pain. "Uncontrolled bleeding" can be a leaky dialysis shunt. <br /><br />My personal most hated nature is "sick". Usually, it's some vague thing that someone has been dealing with for three weeks and tonight is the night they called 911. They don't want treatment. They want "to get checked out" or they want some neb treatments, or something equally silly. <br /><br />Welfare check can be a DOA, cardiac arrest, stabbing, shooting. <br /><br />"Overdose" can be a drunk, cardiac arrest, suicide attempt. "Diabetic" can be a drunk, OD, CVA, chest pain. Abdominal pain can be obstetric, chest pain, GI bleed, vomiting, TB, flu, ulcers. <br /><br />It never ends. It would be just as easy to not have any nature and get only a priority and address. Less tunnel vision that way. I almost got burned one day thinking that the nature was the chief complaint. We got called for a stroke. S/S were strokish. It was low sugar. Another went for a diabetic. It was an OD at a nursing home. Too much oxycodone and duragesic. Sugar was fine. Trusting the nature of the call will burn you. Even something like a shooting can turn out to be something totally different in the end. <br /><br />I don't need to know why PD is on scene. Just that they're present is fine. <br /><br />I used to think that, when responding as a second unit in, we had some serious stuff to contend with. Sometimes, it's just that two parties in a domestic violence situation need treatment separately. Or that one crew is dealing with refusals but one person needs transport.<br /><br />I'm sure this isn't new to you, but something to always keep in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856030010029791557.post-24401406285161105362007-01-03T10:28:00.000-05:002007-01-03T10:28:00.000-05:00thank you, thank you for your honesty. 6 months o...thank you, thank you for your honesty. 6 months out of school, and I still feel this way quite frequently. It's good to know I'm not the only one! They say it'll click eventually, but I'm still waiting for that epiphany, the one where I walk into a room and presto! know exactly what's wrong with the patient. It's a pleasure reading your blog, by the way.kmswhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16256666129895069841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8856030010029791557.post-66535795026739092332006-12-24T17:23:00.000-05:002006-12-24T17:23:00.000-05:00The system that you develop and use will ultimatel...The system that you develop and use will ultimately come with time and experience. It's not easy to come right out of school and already be organized. Given time treating patients, recognizing what to do, and more importantly what not to do; things will improve. Before you know it, you'll be going to calls and realizing that this call is similar to those that you've done in the past. You're still new enough at fulfilling the role of a paramedic that every call is a new experience, challenge and potentially overwhelming experience. Time is your friend.<br />ShaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com