sunshine girl
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Hi there.
I’m a new EMT seeking some advice about problems with my FTO training. I was sent home by my FTO today (shift 10 of training) after my first call due to repetitive issues with several things. The main issue seems to be problems with my driving; my situational awareness has been poor and mistakes I’ve made have been:
A. Starting to drive with side door open, receiving corrections, and then making the same mistake two more times
B. Not slowing down enough in anticipation of red lights while driving code 3, twice
C. Not Choosing the quickest route to the hospital, yesterday + today
D. Making random errors such as forgetting to make sure the glucometer had been cleaned by previous crew, forgetting to check my lights during morning checkout, struggling with 12 lead, and putting the pulse O2 on upside down.
E. Retention of information & making the same mistakes more than once.
After receiving harsh criticism from my FTO I became visibly upset (quiet tears), and she decided to send me home. She says she has contacted CES and I may be getting fired. So, my questions are as follows:
Am I getting fired?
She gave a very vague response about it not being up to her when I asked her this, so I’m thinking it might just be what the FTOs say since they aren’t the ones who officially pull the plug on their trainees. Part of me hopes I’m just going to be sat down with management and given a serious talk, but this option seems more unlikely the more I think about it. I will say though that during the entire training I’ve been very humble and receptive to criticism and she says I have a great attitude, patient rapport, seem eager to learn, and she can tell I’m trying hard, so it hasn’t been only criticisms.
So basically things aren’t looking good. Any guidance, personal experiences, thoughts, and advice on what my next move should be if I am indeed fired would be enormously appreciated. Please be gentle with your words as I’m already feeling very down on myself right now.
Sincerely,
A sad, humiliated, self critical, teenage EMT.
I’m a new EMT seeking some advice about problems with my FTO training. I was sent home by my FTO today (shift 10 of training) after my first call due to repetitive issues with several things. The main issue seems to be problems with my driving; my situational awareness has been poor and mistakes I’ve made have been:
A. Starting to drive with side door open, receiving corrections, and then making the same mistake two more times
B. Not slowing down enough in anticipation of red lights while driving code 3, twice
C. Not Choosing the quickest route to the hospital, yesterday + today
D. Making random errors such as forgetting to make sure the glucometer had been cleaned by previous crew, forgetting to check my lights during morning checkout, struggling with 12 lead, and putting the pulse O2 on upside down.
E. Retention of information & making the same mistakes more than once.
After receiving harsh criticism from my FTO I became visibly upset (quiet tears), and she decided to send me home. She says she has contacted CES and I may be getting fired. So, my questions are as follows:
Am I getting fired?
She gave a very vague response about it not being up to her when I asked her this, so I’m thinking it might just be what the FTOs say since they aren’t the ones who officially pull the plug on their trainees. Part of me hopes I’m just going to be sat down with management and given a serious talk, but this option seems more unlikely the more I think about it. I will say though that during the entire training I’ve been very humble and receptive to criticism and she says I have a great attitude, patient rapport, seem eager to learn, and she can tell I’m trying hard, so it hasn’t been only criticisms.
So basically things aren’t looking good. Any guidance, personal experiences, thoughts, and advice on what my next move should be if I am indeed fired would be enormously appreciated. Please be gentle with your words as I’m already feeling very down on myself right now.
Sincerely,
A sad, humiliated, self critical, teenage EMT.