Scared of Needles.

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Hello,

I have been wanting to become a paramedic for a long time now. I'm only in high school so I have 2 more years before I start schooling. I am a little scared of needles thoe. This will be a big problem eh. I was talking to a paramedic friend from London and he said some people start scared of needles but once they see them alot they get more comfortable with them. Is this true? Were any of you scared of needles before you started?
 
Become a regular blood donor, that will get rid of your fear. :-)

You do realize that you are sticking them in other people and not yourself right? lol
 
Shouldn't matter too much. Every single member of my paramedic class is afraid of needles to some degree
 
N.B.: In the US, you need to train and certify (and often spend some time) as an EMT-Basic before beginning training as a Paramedic.
Good luck with the needles!
 
I've never understood this. What's so scary about needles?
 
Blood donation definately helps, volunteering at a Hospital also helps. :P
 
trevor1189 said:
Become a regular blood donor, that will get rid of your fear. :-)

You do realize that you are sticking them in other people and not yourself right? lol
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Hahaha this actually made me laugh.

jtpaintball70 said:
Shouldn't matter too much. Every single member of my paramedic class is afraid of needles to some degree
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I'm terrified of needles... the ones that have already been used, that is...
 
Eh, you'll get used to it. I still hate the annual Mantoux testing though.
 
yowzer said:
I've never understood this. What's so scary about needles?
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The needle itself isn't scary. Some of us developed a primal fear of the ":censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: and a burn" part from childhood, though!
 
You should see the Paramedics lined up for our bi-annual TB test. The tears are flowing! Outside of EMS I don't like blood and guts, but that's never been a problem on the job. The one thing I can't handle... vomit.
 
EMTinNEPA said:
The needle itself isn't scary. Some of us developed a primal fear of the ":censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: and a burn" part from childhood, though!
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I can't believe something as tame as another term for making a small hole in somebody's skin is censored...
 
To quote the illustrious and now deceased Gilda Radner... "it's always sumthin"
 
MMiz said:
You should see the Paramedics lined up for our bi-annual TB test. The tears are flowing! Outside of EMS I don't like blood and guts, but that's never been a problem on the job. The one thing I can't handle... vomit.
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I absolutely hate listening to people vomit and it makes me want to throw up but when it's a patient it seems different. There is too much going on to be grossed out. :wacko:
 
Thanks guys for the replys. Its funny how some paramedics are just as frightened of getting shots as the general public is.
 
minneola24 said:
Hello,

I have been wanting to become a paramedic for a long time now. I'm only in high school so I have 2 more years before I start schooling. I am a little scared of needles thoe. This will be a big problem eh. I was talking to a paramedic friend from London and he said some people start scared of needles but once they see them alot they get more comfortable with them. Is this true? Were any of you scared of needles before you started?
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I'm scared S***less of needles. Started getting over it by getting a tattoo.
I'm adjusting to the idea.
 
trevor1189 said:
I absolutely hate listening to people vomit and it makes me want to throw up but when it's a patient it seems different. There is too much going on to be grossed out. :wacko:
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Ha... Ha... I hear ya. I too am a sympathetic vomiter, unless it is a patient. The other quirk I have is eye injuries. Can't stand seeing an injured eye or hospital procedures related to the eye. My eyes start itching an I have to scratch them! AHHHHHH!!!
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Ha... Ha... I hear ya. I too am a sympathetic vomiter, unless it is a patient. The other quirk I have is eye injuries. Can't stand seeing an injured eye or hospital procedures related to the eye. My eyes start itching an I have to scratch them! AHHHHHH!!!
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I hear that! I can't even stand to put contacts in.
I cant even stand to think too much into the eye being "filled with fluid". as far as im concerned, the eye is made out of that same stuff the cheap bouncyballs from the bubblegum machines are made of!!
 
Stewart1990 said:
I hear that! I can't even stand to put contacts in.
I cant even stand to think too much into the eye being "filled with fluid". as far as im concerned, the eye is made out of that same stuff the cheap bouncyballs from the bubblegum machines are made of!!
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Reminds me of search we did in Yosemite this last year. Missing for 8 years, backpack finally found a the bottom of a ravine. We were asked to grid search the 500-600 foot drop near the valley entrance. By now all remains would have been scatered and pulverized, except... the reason she went missing was that she had seperate from her group to go back to the valley to have here infected eye examined by the Valley Doctor... her GLASS EYE. We were all hoping to find that, and yet praying to god that we didn't look down and see and eye stareing back through the pine needles... I think I would have itched so bad I would have had to scratch my own eye out!
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Reminds me of search we did in Yosemite this last year. Missing for 8 years, backpack finally found a the bottom of a ravine. We were asked to grid search the 500-600 foot drop near the valley entrance. By now all remains would have been scatered and pulverized, except... the reason she went missing was that she had seperate from her group to go back to the valley to have here infected eye examined by the Valley Doctor... her GLASS EYE. We were all hoping to find that, and yet praying to god that we didn't look down and see and eye stareing back through the pine needles... I think I would have itched so bad I would have had to scratch my own eye out!
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To quote ron White-
'things that make you go.....buhhhhhh-hhh-hhhhhhh"
 
LIKING needles is unnatural!

I HATE it when I go to draw blood and the pt goes "Ahh-h-hh-" and shuts his eyes as the needle goes in. NOT---RIGHT.
 
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