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Pedestrian struck......what a night.
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Ken,
Sorry to hear about all this. What a waste and a shame. You have to keep in mind that you just can't save them all. Thanks for all you do.
I'm taking my first steps down here to become a Firefighter/EMT. EMT school start on Aug. 20, I'll complete that and then enter the academy. Any advice? I'm afraid that I may be a bit old to be starting this game (37) but still in good shape.
Dave
Sorry to hear about all this. What a waste and a shame. You have to keep in mind that you just can't save them all. Thanks for all you do.
I'm taking my first steps down here to become a Firefighter/EMT. EMT school start on Aug. 20, I'll complete that and then enter the academy. Any advice? I'm afraid that I may be a bit old to be starting this game (37) but still in good shape.
Dave
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I'm not a paramedic only a lowly Firefighter/EMT-D.
Word of advice? Forget everything they teach you in class because once you get out on the street it's the real world and the real world rarely plays by the rule book.
Word of advice? Forget everything they teach you in class because once you get out on the street it's the real world and the real world rarely plays by the rule book.
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You don't think I'm too old to be starting this gig?
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I had people in my EMT class that were older than 37. Where in FL are you and what school are you going to?
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Sarasota. And I'm going to Manatee Tech for the EMT class.
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Ken, that sucks butt. That's all there is to it. You and your team gave her 6 more hours and a stabilized, clean and possibly comfortable end. I know that may not seem like much, or even anything, but it truly is something. I've been to the ER more than I'd like and the care given by EMT's (or, in one case, retired Air Force PJ's) made all the difference.
Death is never easy to witness. Do what you need to in order to work through the trauma. I don't throw thanks around too frequently so please hear me when I say - thank you for dispatching your duties to the best of your abilities. It's a very hard job, dealing in the hardest thing of all - human trauma and misery. Inasmuch as possible, let yourself work through this.
Zack
Death is never easy to witness. Do what you need to in order to work through the trauma. I don't throw thanks around too frequently so please hear me when I say - thank you for dispatching your duties to the best of your abilities. It's a very hard job, dealing in the hardest thing of all - human trauma and misery. Inasmuch as possible, let yourself work through this.
Zack
Makes me count my blessings.
My daughter Kim, then age 21, was struck in a hit and run in 2002. Massive head injuries, impact was so severe it cracked both eye sockets. Optical nerve damage. Broken pelvis, cracked vertebra, severely lacerated liver. The first EMT on scene told me much later that he took her vitals and told his partner she would not make it to the emergency room. When I first saw her in the ER, she had dried streaks of blood from every opening in her head - nose, mouth, ears, eyes. For about ten days doctors in NICU would not give any prognosis for her survival. Then in turn she would always be comatose, always be in vegetative state, never eat solid foods, walk, or talk.
As I type this, she is behind me doing her daily 45 minutes on the treadmill. She will be at Blade, walking and pushing her wheelchair. I insist that she take the chair instead of her walker so that she will have a place to sit when she gets tired, and I also insist that she must sit before handling knives, since she occasionally falls. If you see her there, be sure to speak. She is miss personality and has never met a stranger.
God bless EMT's, doctors, all medical personnel.
My daughter Kim, then age 21, was struck in a hit and run in 2002. Massive head injuries, impact was so severe it cracked both eye sockets. Optical nerve damage. Broken pelvis, cracked vertebra, severely lacerated liver. The first EMT on scene told me much later that he took her vitals and told his partner she would not make it to the emergency room. When I first saw her in the ER, she had dried streaks of blood from every opening in her head - nose, mouth, ears, eyes. For about ten days doctors in NICU would not give any prognosis for her survival. Then in turn she would always be comatose, always be in vegetative state, never eat solid foods, walk, or talk.
As I type this, she is behind me doing her daily 45 minutes on the treadmill. She will be at Blade, walking and pushing her wheelchair. I insist that she take the chair instead of her walker so that she will have a place to sit when she gets tired, and I also insist that she must sit before handling knives, since she occasionally falls. If you see her there, be sure to speak. She is miss personality and has never met a stranger.
God bless EMT's, doctors, all medical personnel.