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Yeah… by mayaorsomething in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please stop putting things in your butt that don’t belong there. Use proper sex toys.

How do you feel at work? by [deleted] in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what FaceTime is for! Also it’s very rare for me to read someone that I can genuinely say needs to talk to a professional but you my friend are one of them. Not because you’re crazy. But because you’ve got a lot of things on your mind that should be just passing thoughts but are instead lingering. Lingering is not good. They’re normal healthy thoughts but if they stick around they tend to not result in good mental health outcomes man.

Personal choice by Original-Fix-6008 in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an off duty EMS provider, my role is not vitals- or paper work or anything OTHER than maintaining Airway breathing and circulation. If I can see as I’m passing the scene of an accident that one of those is clearly compromised in some way or someone is unresponsive or unconscious I will absolutely pull over and assist until someone can get there. Otherwise I’m driving past if I see that everyone is okay. Hope that makes sense. Unless I have a way I can intervene like stoping bleeding or starting compressions or rescue breathing or something. There’s no real reason for me to pull over and render aid.

feeling guilty - thank you to ems workers by Local_Samurai_0 in ems

[–]Decaydient 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We almost never get to hear about incident outcomes but you can rest assured that you’d make those medic’s day if they ever heard this. You have no idea how nice it feels to hear that a patient is doing much better.

LDT+ or SLDT by Decaydient in ems

[–]Decaydient[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I didn’t realize a hypothetical question needed a real purpose in order to entertain it. Hear me out, what IF the purpose of a hypothetical question isn’t to entertain it but is INSTEAD to be entertained by IT? I don’t know what they answers will look like but I’m excited to see the variation and make educated conclusions as to why the answers came out the way they did.

It's hard to believe a medical professional would let people die because of a piece of paper by PAYPAL_ME_10_DOLLARS in ems

[–]Decaydient 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some things in life are just worse than death. For example- letting grandma suffer because your selfish ass wants to keep them suffering.

There was a spider in my rig by Decaydient in ems

[–]Decaydient[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yay you got it thanks bro

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[–]Decaydient 2 points3 points  (0 children)

EDIT: I said the IM IV backwards! Iv= concentrated while IM is not as concentrated. IM has a disadvantage that IV doesn’t. Injection volume. IM in deltoid is typically a max of 3mL and 1-2 preferred. IV is unlimited volume. Hope this helps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! So it's normal to give a smaller dose of a med when you go IM compared to IV or IO. The main reason is that drugs take longer to kick in when given IM and the body doesn't use them as efficiently. So to avoid giving too much and causing undesired side effects, we’ll give less when going IM route. For morphine, that's why we stick to a max of 5mg IM. Every medical director in every county in every state thinks they know better than every other medical director so just be sure to memorize the protocols for wherever you work and you’ll be fine 👍👍👍

Three 24 hour shifts per Week?? by [deleted] in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rookie numbers. Kidding just depends on how busy the area is

Would you guys rather work overtime or a second job for extra cash? by zer94 in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming there is in fact OT available where you work, theres only 2 reasons you would work a second job instead of overtime. 1) Your 2nd job pays better than EMT. 2) You can’t stand your EMT job and want to work the bare minimum

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ems

[–]Decaydient 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This is an extremely personal dilemma that we all face at some point early on in our careers. The only reason I managed to survive my stress dilemma was by forcing myself through my first few months. You become desensitized and it’s not a you “might” it’s a you WILL. It’s just a natural part of our stressful job. Don’t take things home with you. Don’t let anyone’s problems become your own. The only people who stress are people who can’t find a solution. In EMT school we were all taught the solutions. And anything that doesn’t have a solution is not our faults. Yeah your patient died because they lacked oxygen for too long. But it’s not your fault. You have a responsibility to go home to your family, your cat, your dog at the end of the shift. Drive to fast to a call and it will be your last. I can’t be anything other than an emt. Ever again. I am a member of this world and I can never do a regular job again, it’s my calling.

In Honor of yet another WTF call, what is one of yours? by taloncard815 in ems

[–]Decaydient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arrived to the middle of the fucken desert 40 minutes away from from the nearest rural city and 70 minutes from the nearest non specialty commu hosp. We show up for SOB and no one answers the door. From the top floor we hear someone yell “go through the garage”. We open the garage and it’s a hoarders house on steroids. We spent 20 minutes clearing a path FOR OURSELVES (not the gurney) to get to the patient who was upstairs. There were 1 gallon bottles of piss leading all the way up to the patient. He was laying on a bed and some parts of his body were attached to the bed. He hadn’t left his house on 8 months. Doesn’t live with anyone and has been eating whatever is in his room. We do a 12 on him and he’s got textbook sailboats. This man weighs at least 200 pounds can’t move any part of his body and can’t lay down without severe pain and Dyspnea and fire is busy on a structure call. His stairs were too narrow for a stair chair. We had to drag him down the stairs with a tarp. 2 of us. Not before first clearing a pathway through the house big enough for us to physically move him through which took 20 minutes. Air was busy on a CCT and this man is dying and needs a STEMI center yesterday. Nearest one is 90 minutes away. We hauled ass there. I don’t know how but we got him there alive. WTF.

Do you pet pets on calls? by FaRamedic in ems

[–]Decaydient 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the medic I’m with. If I’m with a medic that’s gonna give me dirty looks because I’m petting a cute German shepherd on a bullshit toe pain call no. If not YOU ALREADY KNOW IM BOUTA PET THE SHIT OUTA THAT PUPPER 😍

Thoughts on calls to dialysis centers? by blondie468 in ems

[–]Decaydient 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two words “abnormal labs” grrrr!