Just another crackhead.....

Not sure why I bother with internet forums.
 
I don't think people were trying to come down on your scenario, just where you put it.

I think what people are trying to say is that this is the "Scenario" section. you present a scenario: what you are dispatched to, what you find when you get to the patient: including what you see, get in reports, and learn from the patient and the surroundings.
You can wait a post or two to give Vitals, and skin color and temp, etc; but at some point in a scenario those are very helpful.

If you want to rant and rave about runs and what you get from other EMS providors, and hospital providors; it should be put into the EMS sections or BLS sections.
 
ttoude said:
Well before you guys get to far off in the wrong direction...

The "snap to" reactions are my point exactly. in a group of 6 caregivers I saw beyond the obvious and the stereotypical.

Some of the clues where the pillow bringing relife, serious-ly ineffective pain killers, and I had the pleasure of being around alot of different people drug addicts included and Herion addicts have a distinctive slow speech pattern and a routine nod off during conversation, Absent in this case.

Do yourself a favor and the next time you get the chance to TALK to someone in this situation, do so. theres alot to learn from people who have taken a different path.

PT: "People just assume that I'm a junkie and I'm not, I'm in pain and I'm a person"

EMT: "Truth is sweet heart everybody is an addict, everyone has an addiction, now lets get an ace bandage on that broken rib"

I've always had a pet-peve about people treating the homeless, disabled and addicts like less than people. thats the point of this post, look deeper
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You know what you really impress me. I was a young man delivering groceries to a older women because the weather was too bad for her to get and drive. All winter long I delivered her groceries, and she only paid a few cents (because this was all she had) but everyday she would give me a different piece of wisdom to take with me. Rarely do I recall everything she said to me, but sometimes something brings it too mind. I remember once she said to me "Remember son, our place is not to judge nor condemn, but rather to try and understand". I did not fully understand the meaning of this statement, let alone how powerful and true it really is, until I joined my first rescue squad. It did not take long before I got her point.

I have made more then my fair share of mistakes throughout my life I of all people have no right judging anyone else. I have applied this to my career in the field, and I believe t has made me a better person and a better medic.

Great post.
 
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