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Hey everyone , totally new to the forum. I'm 24 from New York and I started volunteering back in October. I am also currently in a EMT B class hoping to be certified by June. Here's my little rant , so far I love EMS and everything about it, problem is Im getting stressed out and I don't know why. When a call comes in I get excited but my pulse skyrockets and I feel my BP does too. My eyes have gotten a lil blurred after EMT class too. To add to that I was on a call the other night and got a lil tightness around the left side of my chest. I don't know what to make of any of this because I enjoy it a lot. I'm normally high strung but I can't make to much sense of this ....thoughts ?
 
This is borderline asking for medical advice depending on the way you read it, just a heads up.


Honestly, chill out. It's not your emergency, my FTO told me "this job is 99% bull:censored::censored::censored::censored:, 1% oh :censored::censored::censored::censored:." Most of what we deal with is not immediately life threatening. Step back, count to ten, take a few deep breaths and RELAX. Stressing yourself out about someone else's problems is not healthy.
 
Yea I hear ya , I feel fine on the outside but on the inside something is going bonkers . Feel like in stressing but for no reason .
 
NVRob said:
This is borderline asking for medical advice depending on the way you read it, just a heads up.


Honestly, chill out. It's not your emergency, my FTO told me "this job is 99% bull:censored::censored::censored::censored:, 1% oh :censored::censored::censored::censored:." Most of what we deal with is not immediately life threatening. Step back, count to ten, take a few deep breaths and RELAX. Stressing yourself out about someone else's problems is not healthy.
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Upon arrival at a call, check your own pulse first; if it is still there, everything else is easy.
 
Im kinda opposite! My bp and heart increase when im waiting for a call! On a call im not nervous or excited. I also can't sleep (at all) at work... very problematic when working 24's
 
Lol my pulse is racing going to the call and increases throughout the call , I just don't get it :(
 
Joe said:
Im kinda opposite! My bp and heart increase when im waiting for a call! On a call im not nervous or excited. I also can't sleep (at all) at work... very problematic when working 24's
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The more mundane the call, the more time I have to wonder "did I remember", "should I", "maybe...". The more effed up the call, the calmer I am; my brain doesn't have time to interject.
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
The more mundane the call, the more time I have to wonder "did I remember", "should I", "maybe...". The more effed up the call, the calmer I am; my brain doesn't have time to interject.
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This is very true.

OP remember you can be very calm yet still have a sense of urgency.

If you aren't nervous about some calls you are too comfortable and eventually something bad will happen. It's ok to be nervous or "afraid" it isn't ok to let that interfere with your personal health though.
 
Thats the thing, i don't know if I feel like this because I haven't gone on many calls at all or because my body is freaking for no good reason.
 
StopNgo1000 said:
Thats the thing, i don't know if I feel like this because I haven't gone on many calls at all or because my body is freaking for no good reason.
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All three ...

I am not a psychologist, nor did I stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I'm willing to bet that it's a combination of lack of experience, a lack of confidence, and toss in a lack of knowledge (still relatively early in your EMT-B class) for the trifecta. It's an understandable physiological reaction given those criteria.
 
I hope that's what it is ....I don't want to stop because my body can't handle it .
 
StopNgo1000 said:
I hope that's what it is ....I don't want to stop because my body can't handle it .
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Talk to some of the experienced people you are around, find out how they deal with it. We were all new once. I won't say that I'm not new, only worked in true EMS <6 months although I did work in alternative forms before that but even then they weren't super stressful.
 
StopNgo1000 said:
I hope that's what it is ....I don't want to stop because my body can't handle it .
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My earlier comment about taking your own pulse first was a serious comment. As the EMS Training Officer for my department, the vast majority of our students and newly certified EMT's are like that. One of the first things I require that they do before we enter the residence is stop on the doorstep and take a deep breath. This helps relax them and allow them to remember whose emergency it is. The added benefit I've seen is that it helps combat the tunnel vision that newer EMT's tend to develop.
 
Ask a doctor.
 
Yea mentally I understand it's not my emergency but physically my body thinks different. I really want to believe its because this is so new to me , I'm so used to a controlled and calm environment nothing like EMS. Seeing a dr is a thought , I don't want to hurt my body over this but I also don't want to stop something that really interests me either .
 
Your body's reeling on every call for a reason. You're admittedly high strung. Dude, you need to calm down. Tightness in your chest with tachycardia, hypertension, tachypnea, lightheadedness, dizziness, and even blurred vision Sounds like what we respond to frequently on 911 calls: anxiety attacks.

You need to treat this condition. Get it assessed, get it evaluated, get it treated, and get it resolved (or at least handled) so you can chill out and treat your patient.

Your preceptor does not need to have you as a patient in addition to the one he/she originally responded to in the first place.
 
MSDeltaFlt said:
Your preceptor does not need to have you as a patient in addition to the one he/she originally responded to in the first place.
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Quoted for truth.
 
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