Chris EMT J
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How do you get over a near loss? We almost lost a kid and the intensity of the environment has left me wondering how do we do this job? How do we get over this?
We were dispatched to a 4month old difficulty Breathing and hpi includes recent diagnosis of RSV about 2days ago. Patient was sweating, in obvious respiratory distress, extremely diaphoretic. HR in 160s BP 89/55 O2 84% RR 60s temp 101.9f
I placed a IV gave a 1L of NS
Started a nebulizer treatment with a NRB 6lpm
The patient had congested breath sounds heard after neb and had some wheezing before the neb. Patients mother was so worried and the stress level associated was enough that after that call I needed a break. I took a few days off and am back but unsure how we do this job? The stress level should be enough to burn anyone out but my passion is with emergency medicine so how do you stop thinking about those stressful calls?
We were dispatched to a 4month old difficulty Breathing and hpi includes recent diagnosis of RSV about 2days ago. Patient was sweating, in obvious respiratory distress, extremely diaphoretic. HR in 160s BP 89/55 O2 84% RR 60s temp 101.9f
I placed a IV gave a 1L of NS
Started a nebulizer treatment with a NRB 6lpm
The patient had congested breath sounds heard after neb and had some wheezing before the neb. Patients mother was so worried and the stress level associated was enough that after that call I needed a break. I took a few days off and am back but unsure how we do this job? The stress level should be enough to burn anyone out but my passion is with emergency medicine so how do you stop thinking about those stressful calls?