I love kids!

[Gypsy]

I'm currently a preschool teacher and my kids never cease to amaze me. This last month the kids have been emailing members of this site with questions and learning more about the EMS system. Today on the playground 3 of the older kids were on the metal fake schoolbus playing "Ambulance". Their names have been shorted to just the first letter for their protection. This is the actually conversation I had with them:

Hearing the kids fake a siren I jump onto the back, "Where are we going guys?"

E.L "Miss Beth we're playing Ambulance and we're going to J's house. He's sick!"

Me,"Oh no what are we going to do?"

B, "We're going to go there and ask him questions and take him to the hospital."

Me,"What questions are we going to ask?"

B, "How does he feel? and what has he eaten? and what was he doing before his mommy called 911."

Me, "Wow those are great questions. What can we do for J?"

K,"We can give him that mask that has the straws that go into your nose. (( nasal canula for those that don't speak 4 year old )) and we can take his blood pressure with that cuff."

B, "We might need to put that needle in his arm because he needs water."

Me, "Oh so an IV you mean?"

B, " ya an IV."

Me, "What else can we do for J?"

E.L, "We might have to put the stickers on his chest to make sure his heart is ok."

Me, "You mean the lifepack?"

E. L., "Ya just to be safe."

Me, "Well he might not need that if he's just sick but you should still take it in just to be ready."

B., "Ya because an EMT and a medic always brings in their stuff so they have everything."

E.L, "After we look J over we're going to put him on the stretcher then drive to the hospital. and we have to call the hospital before we drop him off."

Me, "That's right. We always call on the radio so we don't surprize the hospital. The dont' like surprizes. Well it sounds like you have it all planned out. Good luck!." and I hoped off the "truck".

I love my kids!

[scubanurse]

that's cute! I'm glad they're learning a lot! Give them applications to the local firehouse to take home to mom and dad for when they're old enough...we should start breeding medics at 4 and raise them to be the worlds elite paragods...

[tskstorm]

that's cute! I'm glad they're learning a lot! Give them applications to the local firehouse to take home to mom and dad for when they're old enough...we should start breeding medics at 4 and raise them to be the worlds elite paragods...

Yea like we don't have enough of thosoe.

[Gypsy]

Don't worry if they try to act like a paragod they go to time out. You don't think I would allow that kind of behavior would you?

[WolfmanHarris]

that's cute! I'm glad they're learning a lot! Give them applications to the local firehouse to take home to mom and dad for when they're old enough...we should start breeding medics at 4 and raise them to be the worlds elite paragods...

Then why the heck would we give them FD applications if we want them to be an elite medic? That's like creating a great cop by getting them a security guard job.

[Gypsy]

Actually here in Florida almost all medics are firefighters.

[tskstorm]

Actually here in Florida almost all medics are firefighters.

Yet you wonder why there are no elite medics in FL.

[Diazepam618]

Yet you wonder why there are no elite medics in FL.

No there all in LA being heros.

[Chief1C]

Cute story. Thumbs down to the other BS.

[funkytomtom]

The most hilarious thing is that from that conversation I think they would probably do better on their practical exams than much of my emtb class did! There were four or five kids that I would be TERRIFIED to have show up at my scene, I hope the system worked and they are not certified (a little off topic). Anyways, cute story.