Recent content by firefighter_jer

No need to apologize, I understand a debate is healthy. It just doesn't feel right. I may be letting this call get to me a little too much. We are having a follow up cisd tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes. Im not letting it get my down at home, im not sure if I should tell my girlfriend...

No worries brother.

I understand. But here, when none of the BLS criteria are met, I can't stop cpr. And as an emt, I don't have the luxury of thinking about quality of life. Like I said before, if one of the five items are not found, im doing cpr. This is not something I am ready to debate about, its still fresh...

For my area, its decap, decomp, incineration, dnr, and rigor. None of those were met by this pt. When we started, she was warm and had a rythem. Don't ask me which one, because I was focused on airway, after a minute or so she went into asystole. It was a 7 year old girl with none of our...

One more thing guys... the call was bad enough. Significant facial and cranial trauma, massive blood loss. Her injuries were so severe, I couldn't get a good airway until the medic arrived and intubated. Her family was there the whole time, and watched us wheel her to the rig with me riding on...

Thanks everyone. We had a CISD since my post. It helped a little. My brothers that were with me on the engine that day have all got together a few times and we are getting through. I appreciate everyones input on my situation. I've made it a point to not let this effect my personal life, and at...

Hey everyone, Im a firefighter/emt in a small town. Needless to say, our call volume is very small... around 450 per year. That being said, I had the worst call I have ever had two days ago, it was my first serious pediatric trauma. 7yo girl had a 200 pound tv fall off a cart and landed on her...