Medic with Motion Sickness

[lifeway]

Hey,

When doing runs on the ambulance I usually feel ok but had a call as flight medic on a cessna not long ago and experienced the worst motion sickness of my life. Bonine and Dramamine make me drowsy, any sugesstions for motion sickness medications that won't put you to sleep? I would love to do more calls on the cessna if there was a way to deal with the motion sickness.

 

[PotatoMedic]

Go to your doc and ask. I got a little zofran for nausea from my doc because in the summer when running all day I get a little nauseated.

 

[lifeway]

Go to your doc and ask. I got a little zofran for nausea from my doc because in the summer when running all day I get a little nauseated.

Thanks I'll do that and see what I can find out. Just curious about over the counter stuff.

 

[TransportJockey]

try ginger altoids. THey're what go me through medic school. If I'm playing box troll I get motion sickness pretty bad

 

[NomadicMedic]

I have a PRN scrip for Zofran ODT. They saved me more than once.

 

[lifeway]

try ginger altoids. THey're what go me through medic school. If I'm playing box troll I get motion sickness pretty bad

Thanks for the suggestion, willing to try anything to find something that will help.

 

[Av8or007]

Either a script for zofran ODT or possibly a transderm scopolamine patch. The transderm scop should be otc as well, just check w the pharmacist to make sure it is safe.

 

[happylittleblue]

I know there are marketed wrist bands that supposedly help. I don't know if they do or not but I too have horrible motion sickness. Sometimes mint has helped me. I would try either the circle red and white mints or try double mint spearmint gum.

 

[youngblood]

It sounds weird but trying sniffing an iv alcohol pad it generally helps

 

[BillThompson]

I have really bad motion sickness. Never correlated it with being in the back of the ambulance, and the first time I was in the back of the ambulance I ended up getting very, very sick. I ended up using the wrist bands, taking Dramamine before every shift, and chewing peppermint gum for every call. I've been on the ambulance for five years now and as I've gotten more used to it I've been able to ditch the bands and change up the type of gum I chew. I still have days that are bad though, so that's why I stay on the Dramamine. My wife is planning on using some sort of Essential Oils holistic stuff on me though, so that's an avenue to approach as well.

 

[thelapow]

Not really a cure, but thats why I went form ems -> RN instead.