MedicPrincess
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Okay, Lucky I will take a turn since Matt closed the original thread before I could get off work in time (BAD Admin...you should have known I was pulling a 48 and would get here eventually).
Your original post started with:
Well as a brand new, not even an EMT yet you would do very well in this business to accept that fact. And understand one other thing: Sure "old medics" (yep, thats you RR) may not know everything there is to know, but you can bet your butt they have forgotten more than you'll learn in that little EMT course your taking.
I am in Medic school now. And let me tell you, those of us that go into our clinical enviroment, shut up and listen to what those Medics are telling us, Yes'sir/No'sir (or ma'am) them, ask questions about what is going on at the appropriate times, and are willing to accept the fact that they know more than us are doing a heck of a lot better than those that are talking back, treating the medics like they are "knowitalls," interrupting the medic, and acting as if they already know the material. One of the EMTs in my class (I'm embarassed to admit his is in my clinical group), was getting some advice on improving his intubation technique from a very expierienced medic and he actually looked at her and told her "Look, I know how to do this." I think we can all guess how well that went over.
I have not had the problem you describe with any of our medics. But then again I treat them with the respect their years of expierience deserves.
You may find your getting that kind of attitude from medics because of how you come across to them. Lets face it, this is an ego driven business. And as an EMT-basic STUDENT you need to realize, you really don't know crap. The Brady Emergency Care book, or whatever text book you guys are using in your class, does a really great job of preparing you to answer 100 questions on a test at the end. It will give you a VERY basic knowledge....a VERY VERY basic knowledge of what to do. There is not a textbook in the world that will prepare you for what to do the first time you are faced with a patient that goes into cardiac arrest while your talking to them, or the first time your the first and only provider on scene of an MCI with multiple trauma alerts, ect.
The only thing that will prepare you for what your about to encounter is expierence. And you will do very well to humble yourself to the old knowitall medics, shut up and listen to what they have to teach you.
Your original post started with:
Well as a brand new, not even an EMT yet you would do very well in this business to accept that fact. And understand one other thing: Sure "old medics" (yep, thats you RR) may not know everything there is to know, but you can bet your butt they have forgotten more than you'll learn in that little EMT course your taking.
I am in Medic school now. And let me tell you, those of us that go into our clinical enviroment, shut up and listen to what those Medics are telling us, Yes'sir/No'sir (or ma'am) them, ask questions about what is going on at the appropriate times, and are willing to accept the fact that they know more than us are doing a heck of a lot better than those that are talking back, treating the medics like they are "knowitalls," interrupting the medic, and acting as if they already know the material. One of the EMTs in my class (I'm embarassed to admit his is in my clinical group), was getting some advice on improving his intubation technique from a very expierienced medic and he actually looked at her and told her "Look, I know how to do this." I think we can all guess how well that went over.
I have not had the problem you describe with any of our medics. But then again I treat them with the respect their years of expierience deserves.
You may find your getting that kind of attitude from medics because of how you come across to them. Lets face it, this is an ego driven business. And as an EMT-basic STUDENT you need to realize, you really don't know crap. The Brady Emergency Care book, or whatever text book you guys are using in your class, does a really great job of preparing you to answer 100 questions on a test at the end. It will give you a VERY basic knowledge....a VERY VERY basic knowledge of what to do. There is not a textbook in the world that will prepare you for what to do the first time you are faced with a patient that goes into cardiac arrest while your talking to them, or the first time your the first and only provider on scene of an MCI with multiple trauma alerts, ect.
The only thing that will prepare you for what your about to encounter is expierence. And you will do very well to humble yourself to the old knowitall medics, shut up and listen to what they have to teach you.
