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Seaglass

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On a fire last night, had an idiot refuse to stop blocking the hydrant. Why? He was mad we didn't get there sooner. The logic, it astounds me.
 
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CollegeBoy

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When the patient's husband meets you at the door and tells you, "after this you'll have seen it all", you know it's going to be a weird call.
 
lightsandsirens5

lightsandsirens5

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RuralEMT said:
When the patient's husband meets you at the door and tells you, "after this you'll have seen it all", you know it's going to be a weird call.
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These kind of posts should get folks banned. You can't just go and say stuff like that and then leave the rest of us hanging! C'mon dude!!!! ;-)
 
foxfire

foxfire

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lightsandsirens5 said:
These kind of posts should get folks banned. You can't just go and say stuff like that and then leave the rest of us hanging! C'mon dude!!!! ;-)
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yeah, c'mon, tell!
maybe the magic word will help.
"Please?"
 
Second

Second

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sitting at the station at midnight with nothing to do, guess I'll go to sleep.
 
Lifeguards For Life

Lifeguards For Life

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Don’t blame your missed IV on the patients veins.

"This is an insidious habit. I don’t care what the patients veins look like. I don’t care if they are buried, if they roll of if they dance around like a hula girl. The patient didn’t miss the IV … you did. Don’t ever tell the patient, “You have brittle veins, deep veins, small veins, rolling veins.” (Whatever that means) or anything else to make it seem like the missed IV is the patients fault and not yours.

If you miss it, you miss it. Say sorry and move on. Those pitiful remarks about the patient being a hard stick will only make you look worse. Other popular versions of this bad habit are the medical history question asked right after the failed attempt, “Are you on blood thinners?” or looking aggravated at the drivers compartment as if to suggest that something in your partners driving cause your failure."
 
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rescue99

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Lifeguards For Life said:
"This is an insidious habit. I don’t care what the patients veins look like. I don’t care if they are buried, if they roll of if they dance around like a hula girl. The patient didn’t miss the IV … you did. Don’t ever tell the patient, “You have brittle veins, deep veins, small veins, rolling veins.” (Whatever that means) or anything else to make it seem like the missed IV is the patients fault and not yours.

If you miss it, you miss it. Say sorry and move on. Those pitiful remarks about the patient being a hard stick will only make you look worse. Other popular versions of this bad habit are the medical history question asked right after the failed attempt, “Are you on blood thinners?” or looking aggravated at the drivers compartment as if to suggest that something in your partners driving cause your failure."
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Are you in a bad mood with this? LOL. Lots of patients are hard sticks for any number of reasons and it isn't anyone's fault. In all my years out there I have never once heard a Medic or Spec blame a miss on the patient personally. Excpet for the occasional wiggle worm perhaps.
 
RescueYou

RescueYou

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Playin "Don't Know How to Act" (Flo Rida) and dancin around the room while checkin off supply expiration dates :p
 
Cory

Cory

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"So, with my last ounce of strength, I sucked out my gold fillings and swalloed them. Those paramedics have sticky fingers." -Mr. Burns
 
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