Problem with saying things out loud accidentally

[HeatStroke]

It was the second day of class and we were practicing giving IM, SC, and Intradermal injections. I did fine physically giving the injections, but on the IM injection I made a loud "OOOOOOH S***" sound when I went into my fellow class mates arm. I did that 2 out of the 3 times I did it. I didn't mean to say it but it just came out. I felt like on one of them I hit a bone and I actually heard/felt a "thud" when it stopped. But my classmate said it didn't hurt at all. I'm going to try and bite my tongue every time I do anything. I was just wondering if anyone has ever had this problem?


I have a little bit of clinical/field experience and I've never done this with any other EMT skill or anything. I was just wondering if anyone has ever struggled with biting their tongue while performing a skill/procedure in front of a patient/classmate.

 

[sir.shocksalot]

If I had a dollar for every time an "oops" slipped out of my mouth doing a procedure when I was newer, well I'd probably have an extra 3-4 bucks a week. It happens... sometimes there is certainly a brain mouth disconnect, particularly when distracted doing a procedure. Experience will help stay your tongue and not feel like your procedure is not going well. Heck, after a while you can even make a mistake look like everything is going as intended. Give yourself a break, mistakes happen, even patients understand (so long as they're minor). Study hard, and practice, practice, practice will help.

 

[mycrofft]

Hold something in your teeth but do not use it. It will act as a deterrent to speaking.
Where did my comment about obviously not being married go?

 

[TheLocalMedic]

I had a little old lady whose vein blew some time after I had the IV running. I checked it to find a big lump of saline under her skin (size of a small apple). Apparently my "Well I'll be damned" didn't serve to comfort her.

 

[JPINFV]

Not nearly as bad as being in the middle of a pap smear and accidentally giving a Tim Taylor/Tool Time, "Huh?" when finding something unexpected.

 

[usalsfyre]

Back when we used to transport CPRs...I had a patient I did NOT expect to come back. 5 min into the transport there was a rhythm change and lo and behold, a pulse. The two first responders in the back with me jaws' dropped when the words out of my mouth were "Sh$t he wasn't supposed to do that!"

 

[Veneficus]

Back when we used to transport CPRs...I had a patient I did NOT expect to come back. 5 min into the transport there was a rhythm change and lo and behold, a pulse. The two first responders in the back with me jaws' dropped when the words out of my mouth were "Sh$t he wasn't supposed to do that!"

That made my day.