Tuesday, November 1, 2011

I Think They're Just F-ing With Us Now

Oh, hi local fire medics. So hey, I've resigned myself to the fact that you aren't going to start IVs on diaphoretic patients in respiratory distress with sats in the 40s. I'm over it, I'm not trying to say anything about that.
But can you just do me one favor? Yeah, could you please not stand in the room drinking coffee watching us start the IV and set up the ventilator right where everyone moves in and out? Thanks. And if you're going to stand there, can you at least drink your coffee quietly, as opposed to loudly making fun of our very nice, young enthusiastic RN for explaining paralytics and sedatives to the EMT student because "he's just a basic, he doesn't need to know all that"? Really douchebag? Really?
Do you guys have some kind of bet up there at the station house about who can be the biggest jackass? Because you've got my vote.
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5 comments:

  1. Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O)November 1, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Amen. What a great article. Perpetual learning makes us all smarter and more competent.

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  2. Nurse KNovember 1, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    Do your fire medics do the "gauze with the tape over it" trick too? Pull the gauze (usually 2 or 3 of them) up and no evidence that an IV was attempted in that spot?

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  3. UnknownNovember 3, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    Wow....speechless. Crazy! *shakes head.

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  4. hoodnurseNovember 3, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Haha, no. They just pull the "he was so sick we just brought him straight here without doing anything" and then proceed to the nurses' station to hit on the young-uns.

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  5. K-Lynn, RNNovember 5, 2011 at 7:54 AM

    What a dick. If you are part of the solution, you're part of the problem!

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