Top Five mistakes made by rookie EMTs

DrParasite

DrParasite

The fire extinguisher is not just for show
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I disagree with the first 3 very much so. As a rookie EMT and veteran you should do 1-3 on a regular basis. I can't stand it when I see people taking their sweet time to get to calls. Yes 90% of calls are not urgent but on those 10% that are you need to get there. I used to work in a system where the fire dept was chomping at the bit to take over ems and their number one reason? Response times.
 
Something something, first responder version of The Onion, something something else.
 
satire ;)
 
Who wrote that, a cop?

On a more serious note, don't forget to unhook the nasal canula from from wall when dragging the pt out the back. Wait, is that just rookies?
 
beano said:
Who wrote that, a cop?

On a more serious note, don't forget to unhook the nasal canula from from wall when dragging the pt out the back. Wait, is that just rookies?
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Nope I did that last week lol
 
TransportJockey said:
Nope I did that last week lol
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Yeah, I do that at least once a week when transferring beds. Or they remind me first. That's usually just as embarrassing.

Not a very good list. What's wrong with extensive detail in a legal document? I had a co-worker scold me once at an IFT company for "saying too much" in my run report, where I indicated a patient was able to sit in a wheel chair briefly before being transferred to our stretcher. Whatever. And rig checks? Speeding through a rig check could cost you and your company licenses.

Rookie mistakes would be forgetting a jump bag, leaving O2 hooked up to the truck/wall, providing an odd number for a blood pressure (131/80!), and seeing a sick patient without asking a travel history. Oh wait.
 
Grimes said:
Yeah, I do that at least once a week when transferring beds. Or they remind me first. That's usually just as embarrassing.

Not a very good list. What's wrong with extensive detail in a legal document? I had a co-worker scold me once at an IFT company for "saying too much" in my run report, where I indicated a patient was able to sit in a wheel chair briefly before being transferred to our stretcher. Whatever. And rig checks? Speeding through a rig check could cost you and your company licenses.

Rookie mistakes would be forgetting a jump bag, leaving O2 hooked up to the truck/wall, providing an odd number for a blood pressure (131/80!), and seeing a sick patient without asking a travel history. Oh wait.
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The list isn't supposed to be good. CallTheCops is a satire website based on EMS/Fire/LEO. It's like the site The Onion.
 
beano said:
Who wrote that, a cop?

On a more serious note, don't forget to unhook the nasal canula from from wall when dragging the pt out the back. Wait, is that just rookies?
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No not just for rookies happened last shift lol.
 
String them up by the nostrils, sure why not!! A weekly occurrence at least from at least one rig in the company lol
 
Noted. And easy enough to fix/avoid. I will also make sure to detach all hose-like things before moving a pt once I actually get out there. lol
 
I've been running calls on a company for a bit over 4 years now, and I have got to say this article is interesting. I still help with rig check, and when I do I don't count every single little thing, but I do look to see that everything on our requirement sheet is on that rig in large quantities. I also am guilty of getting a bit unsettled when the driver takes sweet time to get to a call, even for something non-emergent. This is especially considering that our farthest point in town from our station is about 10 minutes away by regular car, 8 if a calmer person is driving, and about 5-6 if I'm driving ;).
 
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