I got to put my mad skills as an EMT into pratice today. A firefighter assigned to our comm center had a seizure and went down. First off, he is ok. . .transported and released already.
Apparently, this particular person is prone to seizures and has been off his meds lately. One of the dispatchers noticed he was missing and then saw his feet sticking out. The bridge officer (supervisor) yelled over for me to come assist. I was right in the middle of instructing a new trainee. Needless to say, I dropped her like a hot poker. lol I did my assessment, took vitals, did a physical exam, administered O2. All in less than 10 minutes. Not bad for a newbie. After it was all over the bridge officer commented on well I did. I really didn’t have to do much. He was already in the postical (after) stage of the seizure when we found him. He was stable and advancing A/O (alert and oriented). I mainly just administered oxygen, took his vitals, and monitored till the medic unit showed up. Still it was exhilirating! I’m so hooked. hehehe.
My instructor was working today. I called to give him the details. He was very pleased!
Yeah, score 1 for my mad skills!
He he he!! You’re SO good!
I freak out at shit like that.
Woo hoo! You go, boy!!
That’s SO cool! Two years ago I passed out in class while lecturing…took a header into a drafting desk (5 staples to the back of my head). Wish you were one of my EMTs, Moby…would’ve enjoyed the ride to the ER more.
Congrats on doing a good job! 😀
One morning I woke up to the guy next to me having a seizure. At first I thought he was having an orgasm, but then realized it would have to be one hell of an orgasm. Back then they always told you to stuff something in his mouth. I fractically looked around and only thing I found was an old cum rag under the bed. I was going to call 911, but didn’t know the guy’s last name; then I realized the apartment did not even have a phone. What to do…what to do? Thank God the guy then came to and refused medical attention.
Yeah, we’ve wised up since then. Don’t stick anything in their mouth. They won’t swallow their tongue no matter how bad the seizure.
What might happen is they bite off your finger while your trying to cram something in there.
Are you referring to what happened with J? I saw the commotion down there but I didn’t know what had happened.
Congrats to you for being a rock star! I know I am definitely not cut out for EMT work.