EeyoreEMT
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you know, the one comming up in Culumbus, oh is going to have the dark haired co-star. I dont remember which on he is, my brain is fried right now
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This guy is so out of it that he cant even crawl into the bar ditches to help out. Then when the patients do see him they get this disgusted look on their face and request somebody else to take care of them.
That's really sad that your patients are so closed minded they don't want a fat person taking care of them.
That's really sad that your patients are so closed minded they don't want a fat person taking care of them.
I agree. Some of the best medics and techs I know are big fellas, including Paramedic of the Year recipients.
I bet the patients were not just complaining about the weight. I bet they complained because they looked unprofessional. I know some very big very good medics. But they keep themselves clean and they buy proper sized uniforms. So they look big and professional, they do not look like big slobs.
That's really sad that your patients are so closed minded they don't want a fat person taking care of them.
I bet the patients were not just complaining about the weight. I bet they complained because they looked unprofessional. I know some very big very good medics. But they keep themselves clean and they buy proper sized uniforms. So they look big and professional, they do not look like big slobs.
We have one guy that is so soggy around the mid section that he cannot purchase a uniform shirt big enough (and we have tried 3X). He is a paid staff member and cannot function in the slightest. We cover a county of almost 6,000 square miles and our most common call is a "one vehicle rollover". This guy is so out of it that he cant even crawl into the bar ditches to help out. Then when the patients do see him they get this disgusted look on their face and request somebody else to take care of them.
It was interesting to watch the public's perception and treatment of them prior to the surgery then gradually as they lost weight.
I cannot speak for others but I feel that this may be the perception of the general public. "why should I let somebody that obviously cannot control their own life try to take care of me in an ambulance".
It's not always that simple as "Just work out!". Maybe there is some reason they can't work out. We're all guilty of judging people by their outward apperance of health when we have no idea what could be going on underneath the surface. Maybe they can't work out due to arthritis, maybe they're on beta blockers, maybe they live in a neighborhood where it's not safe to go walking alone, but they can't afford to go to the gym. Maybe they can't afford healthy foods and live off Top Ramen and Walmart brand fruit juice. And MAYBE... just MAYBE they don't care about society's closed minded constraints and are happy just the way they are and are comfortable in their own skin.My point it, PLEASE EXERCISE. I am a big, awkward person (6'5" tall and 230LBS) so if I can do it, anybody can.
people may be consciously aware that they are overweight, but “that’s different from the homeostatic circuitry being aware.”
The new results also bolster evidence that a suppressor called SOCS-3 may be responsible for the loss of sensitivity to the fat hormone known as leptin.
The animals that did become obese maintained normal levels of the ARH brain receptors that respond to leptin, the researchers showed, while the level of SOCS-3 rose. Leptin hormone in those heavy animals failed to elicit “any element of the leptin signaling cascade.” The researchers demonstrated that those later players in the leptin pathway remained ready for action. Indeed, the downstream factors were actually found to be hypersensitive to stimulation.
“Previous studies have suggested that SOCS-3 is a negative regulator of leptin,” Cowley said. “As animals become bigger and fatter and leptin increases, SOCS-3 may rise to decrease the signal. It seems that in obesity, SOCS-3 might end up overriding the [leptin] signal completely.”
Back in a Minneapolis laboratory, Dr. Levine is going over test results with his assistant. Levine has identified one part of the brain stimulated by sugar. He says it's the same part stimulated when drug addicts take their drug of choice. For this reason, Levine says when it comes to obesity, sugar is a leading culprit.
Your post is an example of the closed mindedness I was talking about. Nothing in here indicates he's dirty. He has trouble finding a proper fitting shirt, but that doesn't equate to dirty.
It's not always that simple as "Just work out!". Maybe there is some reason they can't work out. We're all guilty of judging people by their outward apperance of health when we have no idea what could be going on underneath the surface. Maybe they can't work out due to arthritis, maybe they're on beta blockers, maybe they live in a neighborhood where it's not safe to go walking alone, but they can't afford to go to the gym. Maybe they can't afford healthy foods and live off Top Ramen and Walmart brand fruit juice.
I'm not trying to be mean, I am trying to play devils advocate (and no, not the pinball game from the Simpsons). I have been doing this for long enough and in enough places to see the problem for what it is. Remember that paramedic (and all EMT levels) is not considered a license in most states, it is a CERTIFICATION. So until we can look at ourselves and do some soul searching as a group, we will never move into that realm.
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We are not immune from the same dangers and when a patient suffering from chest pain gets a lecture from an EMT that is in worse shape than they are, it looks poorly on the profession as a whole.
I What about smokers? That's just as unhealthy. Should we ban cigarettes in EMS too? To be taken seriously as a profession?
I was not referring to just EMS, but people in general.
So you're saying, in order to be taken seriously as a profession, we all have to be in shape?
Ps. yes we should be lecturing our patients. Our job is to provide the best care possible and if that means making the patients not like us by calling them on the carpet, then YES we should. By calling them on the carpet I mean about, cardiac problems, lack of compliance with meds, abusive relationships, drugs, ETC.
Actually liked your entire response. But on the qoute above maybe using educate the patient would be better sounding than lecture. And yes some education is uncomfortable to the one getting it.
Stereotypes! You are associating lack of the ability to lift, or do their job, or lazyness with being overweight!
That's NOT the case 99% of the time. Those who are overweight an unable to do their job, chances are, wont be able to do their jobs if they were "in shape". Just because you're skinny doesn't mean you can lift, just because you're fat doesn't mean you can't lift.
And no, it is not YOUR business to lecture your patients. You are being called to them in a moment of vulnerability and what is viewed in their mind as an emergency. Let the lecture/education be left to doctors and nurses who actually know what they're talking about 90% of the time. Not to the 110 hour trained EMT.
You are doing what he said picking on one word and ignoring the context of the entire statements.