LisaO925

There are 5 on Youtube, and a 6th one out there if you look for it. But the first two are the best. I laughed so hard watching them I had tears last night...

Amen

There was a fascinating show on Animal Planet last night about parasites, worms, and other critters found inside the human body. This one man pulled out X amount of feet of a tape worm outa his rectum after eating a fish that wasn't cooked all the way on a camping trip. :shock: His poor wife! lol He called her in to "see it" as it was hanging out his bum. He then started pulling, and pulling, until it couldn't come anymore (the head was attached) and then made her cut the thing. And without missing a beat, he calmly described as "it somehow went back inside".. :shock: :shock:

Like the toilet seat thread, I would give anything to see the pics of that..lol Most people would be grossed out at the visual. I would kill to have a call similar to that once I start working. Then, to take it further, I would want to be in the OR when they remove the seat..

Some of the stories my teachers tell, and laugh at (which in turns makes us students laugh) would probably shock most 'normal folk'. The stuff that interests me, fascinates me, and makes me laugh makes my husband do double takes at me. But I can find that if I shared that same story with someone in EMS, they don't look at me like I am purple. I guess you just have to have some sort of mentality for even wanting to go into this field.

ahhhh got it.. thank you!

Yes, 1 teacher has been a Paramedic with a San Francisco Fire department for 4 years now. With a total of 10 years in the EMS field. The other has been in EMS for longer (not sure the exact length) and is a field supervisor for my county and has been for the last 3 years.

In class running the assessments, I cant ever seem to find a comfortable approach either. They want us to say, "Hi, my name is xxxx, I am an EMT, can you tell me what brought us out here today?" When I had to do my first medical assessment infront of the class I said, "Hi, my name is Lisa, and I am going to be your EMT today. Can you tell me whats going on?" I thought I made that up..lol I see atleast one of you uses the that too..lol Im a joky kind of person. I love humor, esp. sarcasm. I usually don't ever joke with anyone, or "let up" unless I can tell they would be okay with it. I see what I get first before I give any out.

Well, Im screwed then :shock:

Unfortunately, thinking about this all over again, I would have to agree. Only given the fact, that in looking around in my personal classroom yesterday. Out of the 45 of us there, only 10 want to be just Emt's / paramedics (not fire). So, without knowing any of them personally, and just looking at numbers here. If this happened in my area, there are atleast 10 waiting to possibly take/fill her spot. Someone without a hx of suicide or even any mental illness.

No, I wouldn't give her pay while she got the help she needed. In my perfect little happy happy world, after her Dr. gave her the ok to go back to work would she then start getting pay again.

With my vast knowledge of text book reading ( ) from the past 3 months, I am going to suggest a control group experiment. Take 10 individuals: The first 5, hit in the head in a manor to create the textbook cranial injuries including, but not limited to, racoon eyes, battle signs, (and if your really good) some bleeding in the ears and nose. The other 5, tap in the head lightly, just enough to create the "loop". Write down your findings What you do with them afterwards is up to you

Shoot, I should have read this first. I wish the best for her, and her family.

This obviously is all personal opinion on my part, and mostly empathy as I try and put myself in her shoes. I don't think she should be fired. I think that she should obviously have some time to off work to regroup, and get the help she needs. I think that she should seek help from someone who not only understands her condition, but possibly, the EMS profession as well. That way she is given the tools for not only her life, but for her work too in order to properly deal with everything. I believe that she should be allowed back to work when given the green light by her Dr..And that she should have to report to her employer, for a predetermined amount of time (like a year or so) to make sure that she stays with her treatments, counseling, medication(s) etc. And then after that predertermined amount of time is up, have everything evaluated, and see how everyone stands at that point.