Wednesday, August 13, 2003 EMS Pearls of Wisdom As an EMT, over the years you learn a thing or two. Here are some lighthearted things I've "learned".- The patient who is screaming that they're going to die, won't. You will wish they did
- Believe the patient who says they're going to puke If they don't, you've lost nothing. If they do, forewarned is forearmed
- Don't believe the patient who says he only drank one beer
- Teenage girls vie for the Academy Award especially if all their friends are around
- A quiet child is a very sick child
- If you can't walk, you're going with us
- If you've been on the floor for three days, you're going with us
- When the doctor told you that you could have a drink of wine after supper, he didn't mean the twenty ounce tumbler
- All children like to blow the siren including your driver
- There's no such thing as death with dignity
- Some things only hot lights and cold steel can fix
- If God wants you home, there's nothing I can do
- Piss me off with your whining minor drug OD you WILL drink the charcoal
- If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs you're working a scene with the fire department
- The police are your friends
- You can climb three flights of stairs with a broken leg to call EMS
- The two most important questions to ask your patient:
Can you walk?Have you tried?
-- posted by Chuck at Wednesday, August 13, 2003 | E-mail | Permalink | Main |
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