tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post69735883533624996..comments2023-12-19T22:53:18.256-08:00Comments on the Happy Medic: Do you ever...The Happy Medichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521335229435386281noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-6323335404050854472009-06-12T12:38:10.011-07:002009-06-12T12:38:10.011-07:00Wipe your feet before walking into a person's ...Wipe your feet before walking into a person's house? YES<br /><br />Always wear a collared shirt, jacket or sweater in public on duty, not just a t-shirt? NO<br /><br />Learn and repeat your patient's name? YES<br /><br />Always check to see which preconnect is 150' and 200' even if you were 99% sure?NOT N A FIRE TRUCK<br /><br />Tie an extra tourniquet to the hand rail, just in case? YES, with pre-done tape and a bag already hung<br /><br />Clean the stethoscope after each use? YES<br /><br />Write the expiration date on the drug boxes and place them all right side up? YES<br /><br />Keep spare goggles on your helmet and actually deploy them? NO<br /><br />Wander out on the app floor and practice ropes and knots? NO ROPE ON MY AMBO<br /><br />Apologize to the hospital clerk for misspelling the unconscious patient's name? SOMETIMES<br /><br />Honk the horn and teach people to pull RIGHT and stop, not LEFT and stop? SCREAM OVER THE PA, MAYBE?<br /><br />Offer to help the elderly woman to the toilet before the transport? YES<br /><br />Let the new guy try for the tube first? YES<br /><br />Clean the Officer's bathroom first? ONLY ONE BATHROOM IN MY STATION<br /><br />Treat fake asthma with 0.9% saline, nebulized *wink*? AND TREAT 'PAIN' WITH NORMALSALINE<br /><br />Make sure to buckle the waist strap on the SCBA? NO SCBA, BUT I DID WHEN I WAS A FIREFIGHTER<br /><br />Comment on filthy turnout pants in the kitchen? YES<br /><br />Correct a false statement when not amongst friends? YES9-ECHO-1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10146575729985891696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-5150897375586480742009-06-11T13:39:54.295-07:002009-06-11T13:39:54.295-07:00Do it all. Hey wait a minute! I am the officer!!!Do it all. Hey wait a minute! I am the officer!!!Michael Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451637745981389920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-60083482536985815702009-06-10T18:09:37.090-07:002009-06-10T18:09:37.090-07:00Repeat names - hardly. I am horrible with names, m...Repeat names - hardly. I am horrible with names, maybe if I tried a little harder I would remember some of my new co-workers names.<br /><br />Everyone has their little quirks, I know I do, and it is made very evident to me everyday because some of my co-worker feel the need to tease me about it. What can I say I am a dispatcher with a mild case of OCD ---> I like to have my 3 CAD monitoring all sitting at the same height, the radio monitoring sitting even beside my CAD monitors in a weird little semi circle, my desktop phone moved back and up onto back section of the desk, the corp PC monitor sitting squarely to the side of my desk, the speakers sitting nice and neatly on either side of the monitoring ...... and there are so many more too, but those are the first things I do went I sit down at the desk ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-66646921733850816302009-06-10T06:21:40.253-07:002009-06-10T06:21:40.253-07:00Names, always. And while I'm generally not the...Names, always. And while I'm generally not the one with first dibs on the drugs, I always check the expiration date. :) Good post, really made me think about everything I do.Danihttp://medicdani.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-71365471134686989712009-06-10T01:19:27.051-07:002009-06-10T01:19:27.051-07:00Repeat names - yes. Extra tourniquet - no. But t...Repeat names - yes. Extra tourniquet - no. But they're 3 feet away on the bench.<br />And I always apologize to nurses if I fuck up, since I plan to be one, one day.Messy Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12535885907796396027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-68660017702220143082009-06-09T16:13:39.503-07:002009-06-09T16:13:39.503-07:00Treat fake asthma with 0.9% saline, nebulized *win...Treat fake asthma with 0.9% saline, nebulized *wink*? <br /><br /><br />Tut Tut, mind over matter eyeThe Young Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917179537100481273noreply@blogger.com