I have start my job as an EMT for week now. The job is pretty scary I had a MRSA pt. and a HIV+ patient. After the call I believe I have caught everything. I am so paranoid. For the MRSA pt. we have to t/p her back to his nursing home. When you enter the room we have to have a full body BSI gowns, masks, and gloves. But then we were supposed to throw away all the BSI in the room with the pt. after you are done assessing him. Then I thought to myself, how am I safe with the pt. in his room with all my BSI off. I mean I am basically breathing the same air he is, how am I myself safe?
The next day I had a HIV+ pt. I was like :censored::censored::censored::censored:, cmon I don't a pt. like this. we had to t/p her back to her nursing home so when i went in of course I had gloves on. But the room smelled so bad it feels like you could of caught HIV by breathing the air. After we're done with the pt. we have to take out off our gloves and push the stretcher back to our rig I was so scared that I might have caught HIV by touching the cot. Plus it's winter time. I have minor cuts near my nails and fingers on my hands from dry skin. Her belongings were on the stretcher and I was so scared to touch anything on the stretcher. But then I know HIV is transferred from blood, but then I am still scared that it can be transferred from the things they have touched. I came home., I told my mom I had a HIV+ pt. she freaked out and she was like. How am I gonna throw your clothes in the washer tomorrow. I am like, I don't know.
PEOPLE I AM SO SCARED!!!NOW I FEEL LIKE QUITTING THE JOB!!! ALSO KNOWING THAT THE RIG IS CONTAMINATED WITH GERMS!!!
The next day I had a HIV+ pt. I was like :censored::censored::censored::censored:, cmon I don't a pt. like this. we had to t/p her back to her nursing home so when i went in of course I had gloves on. But the room smelled so bad it feels like you could of caught HIV by breathing the air. After we're done with the pt. we have to take out off our gloves and push the stretcher back to our rig I was so scared that I might have caught HIV by touching the cot. Plus it's winter time. I have minor cuts near my nails and fingers on my hands from dry skin. Her belongings were on the stretcher and I was so scared to touch anything on the stretcher. But then I know HIV is transferred from blood, but then I am still scared that it can be transferred from the things they have touched. I came home., I told my mom I had a HIV+ pt. she freaked out and she was like. How am I gonna throw your clothes in the washer tomorrow. I am like, I don't know.
PEOPLE I AM SO SCARED!!!NOW I FEEL LIKE QUITTING THE JOB!!! ALSO KNOWING THAT THE RIG IS CONTAMINATED WITH GERMS!!!
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