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I see dead people
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Ever since I started medic school in Aug 2007, I have averaged at least one cardiac arrest per month. There were several months where I had two per month, and even a few occasions where I had two in one shift. Many of them were never worked, and of the ones that were, there were many that were never transported. To my knowledge, none of them were a true save, leaving the hospital pretty intact, neurologically speaking.
My partner at work went to medic class last year, and was unable to pass pharm, so had to leave the class sometime around March/April of last year. Once he stopped attending medic class, I stopped seeing dead people on a semi-regular basis. Well, he recently went back to medic class. In the last three shifts we have worked, we have had two cardiac arrests. The first one we worked and transported. While she didn't have a pulse when we handed her over to the ER, they regained pulses almost immediately after care was transferred. That was a week ago. She is still in ICU, hanging in there. The second one was this morning, right before shift change. The guy had been dead for several hours, so we did nothing. It looks like I may be on my way back to seeing dead people again. I think it's all my partner's fault...
My partner at work went to medic class last year, and was unable to pass pharm, so had to leave the class sometime around March/April of last year. Once he stopped attending medic class, I stopped seeing dead people on a semi-regular basis. Well, he recently went back to medic class. In the last three shifts we have worked, we have had two cardiac arrests. The first one we worked and transported. While she didn't have a pulse when we handed her over to the ER, they regained pulses almost immediately after care was transferred. That was a week ago. She is still in ICU, hanging in there. The second one was this morning, right before shift change. The guy had been dead for several hours, so we did nothing. It looks like I may be on my way back to seeing dead people again. I think it's all my partner's fault...