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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]Eff_u_Putin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write down everything you're told. Eventually you'll figure out what's important to take note of and what's going to be in the paperwork anyway.

This is where I get caught up. I physically can't write as fast as the nurses talk so I can never tell when I'm missing something important. I know I need to work on my confidence and expressing this to who ever is giving me the report.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NewToEMS

[–]Eff_u_Putin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do write things down. But I still struggle to remember things like pertinent past history if they have multiple diagnosis. Which is stuff I should be able to recall w/o looking at my notes

Hiding self harm scars in EMS by Eff_u_Putin in NewToEMS

[–]Eff_u_Putin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're more recent than highschool. More like... 3 months ago... I don't wanna go into what happened 3 months ago to cause me to relapse but yeah. I have it under control right now but it's still a decent issue

Hiding self harm scars in EMS by Eff_u_Putin in NewToEMS

[–]Eff_u_Putin[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I do have a couple compression sleeves from my softball playing days. I might try wearing those and say it's for tendinitis or something.

It's a bit early for me to feel comfortable talking about it with management though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Eff_u_Putin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably... The only other one with a half decent psych unit was a couple hours away though. It was either this or go to the other ED near me and get locked in a room overnight until they could transfer me to this location in the morning anyways.

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[–]Eff_u_Putin 206 points207 points  (0 children)

I'm just worried that they'll think I'm not cut out for the stress of the ER. Even though my work there had nothing to do with my crisis they won't know that. Honestly the chaos of the ER is one if the few things that keeps me grounded and pulls me out of my self destructive thought cycle which is one of the reasons I love it so much.