My TOUGHEST NIGHT as a NEW EMT...
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In EMS like every profession, we can make mistakes. I wanted to share with you a story of when I was a brand new EMT, so that you could learn from my error.
My whole goal with The Paramedic Coach® is to cut your learning curve so you can be more confident and provide better patient care, even when you are brand new. I share with you two calls from my first few months working EMS, that I'll never forget.
Whether you are a current student (EMR, EMT, A-EMT, Paramedic) or you are a new EMS provider, I hope you learn from these two calls!
Be Great,
Evan, The Paramedic Coach®
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I’m still a new EMT. When I was newer I transported to the wrong hospital. Paramedics were like “chill it’s cool nobody cares” 😂
I’m a new EMT and I’ve made a mistake like this before but I learned from it and I’ll always remember as a result from it which I take as good
Thanks for watching, Eduardo!
I was a medic for 20 years, so the majority of my career was a map book. When we got Garmin's, HOLY CRAP!! Anyway.. EMT/Paramedic school needs to touch on this subject.
I’m currently going to EMT school and this is very helpful for what I’m about to get into. Thank you
Hey, welcome to the channel, glad you enjoyed the story! You can watch another one here: th-cam.com/video/cOZ_Kn5BT58/w-d-xo.html
My first ever day in EMS was also my very first rideout during EMT school . I first got lost on the way to the station it was at the hospital and I missed the exit. It’s pouring down rain and I get there super early. Had to wait in the car before they got up to let me in . We’re there for a while before calls and then we get a call to go to this prison. Had never been inside a prison until then. Ends up we’ve got to wait a bit to get them to get the keys, they end up having to go find the spare set. We get the patient inside and also the gaurd. I ended up putting the four lead on backwards ( forgot it’s opposite from your left and right). Could figure out the where to place the bp cuff on the patient as they had two set of cuffs and an iv . Then my state has every patient get an id band as part of QI tracking. I couldn’t reach the patient’s other wrist because I’d put on my seatbelt. The gaurd ended up putting the band on the patient for me . The next patient I had was a drug overdose that was combative. Ended up that fire had responded along with la enforcement and the two helped deescalate the situation. The crew didn’t realize for a good probably 3 minutes, oh crap we stepped outside and left our student inside with the patient. They came and got me pretty quick then. We got that patient transported and then the other truck got dispatched so they literally picked me up in the ambulance bay to go on another call . This one was a transport back to the nursing home . Yet again it’s pouring rain and they hadn’t showed nor explained to me how to properly close the doors to the back of the ambulance so we have to rush back in the pouring rain to close the door since I didn’t get it shut properly and it blew back open so rains getting inside. after all that we’re going to take the stretcher back to the rig and the medic has the foot and I ended up with the head , except I can’t really see over it and the medic is super tall . I’m all of 5 foot 3 in tactical boots so I’m basically jogging on my tiptoes down the length of this hallway back to the ambulance.
If anyone hasn't I highly recommend you buy his content. His videos are about 1 to 6 minutes on average and he has a ton of them. Public disclaimer: I'm not paid by the paramedic coach to say this comment, just a really happy subscriber who found his content.
Thanks for the kind words here, Paul!
@@TheParamedicCoach your welcome. I start my condensed emt course in a few weeks.
I think that was a big benefit I had starting out as a driver on a volunteer service. All I got to do was drive on every call. But yesterday I officially became a registered Emt. Thanks to you and all the info you push out. Keep being great!
Thanks for sharing Ben! Thanks for the kind words here
I followed GPS to a patients home at 3am once and it got me stuck in mud when the road just stopped.... Had to be towed by the Fire Brigade. That was a fun 3 hours spent at 0 Deg. Celsius in a forest in the night ;)
Thank you for your service my brother!
,EMT
Thanks for tuning in!
I was anxious for you 😂 I can’t imagine
Yes, it was a big learning experience, welcome to the channel, Gabby!
without watching I'd say knowing everything on your first week on the job out of school!!!!
this is so helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
I needed this. Definitely something I would do
Welcome to the channel, Lonna!
@@TheParamedicCoach been here for a while, you got me through EMT school!
Always trust your instincts over the GPS😂😂 I’ve made that mistake several times taking pediatric traumas to the children’s hospital
My first call as a 16 year old volunteer recruit was also in blizzard conditions and it a a Code.
Mine was day ONE we had 13 code 3’s. First call they asked me to take blood pressure… i COMPLETELY froze… told my FTO im freaking out and need help. Haha
Worse mistake… got to a scene and forgot to put gloves on. My medic partner just about had a heart attack 😭
Being a new EMT sure is hard haha 😭😭😭
Jessica, thanks for sharing your story here as well, welcome back to the channel!
Is code 3 a cardiac arrest in your area?
@@xx-knight-xx2119 code 3 is emergent/lights and sirens.
@@jessicaleigh8317 How do you forget PPE? thats drilled into the brain day one 😅
@@hskybeats4143 I question the same thing lol Lets just say it was my 2nd day, with two very intimidating Medics, And my anxiety level was 100.
From truck driver to EMT i learned real fast to double travel roads 😂
What made you go from driving trucks to EMT?
@@Roger-ob2ft Paramedic was what my original goal was out of High school, But ive been around construction and the transportation my whole life its a family thing. So naturally i fell into it but after 15 years i needed a major life change and figured chasing my original dream job was the move
I'm a truck driver. Just put my notice in. Starting as a driver, EMT class starts in May. I'm nervous, excited, happy, scared. The pay cut is huge, but my family needs me and I need them. Hugs everyday from my kids.
I just want to thank you for the time, dedication and passion you give to us through your videos. I just finished EMT school in May. However I am so nervous and behind on studying for my NREMT. I’m questioning on whether or not I should continue my journey in this field. I’m not medically minded. Do you have any advice for pushing through my doubts? I simply want to help others. Oh! And side note-I bought your program and I think it’s amazing. Despite these amazing tools at my fingertips I still and struggling tremendously with learning anxiety. Thanks again.
Study what you can dude (I call everyone dude). I have been licensed as an EMT Basic for, give or take 10 months, and right now I'm studying for my AEMT. You can't just have this firm grasp of all medical and trauma emergencies in just four-5 months. For example, I did not have a firm grasp on CHF and pulmonary edema until about 3-4 months ago. I did not understand the connection between COPD and pneumonia. trust me, all the knowledge comes with time. Touch base with everything you know and not know. Ask your teachers some questions about what you don't understand, I doubt they want you to fail the NREMT.
Midnight BlueBird: It's completely normal to "doubt yourself" when you are completely new, you have to give yourself the chance to learn and grow, everyone makes mistakes, as you can see from this video.
Thank you for the kind words about my course, now that you have that tool use it, and join the community group to ask questions while you are studying along with the study plan in the course. If you got through school, you are able to do this just give yourself the chance to be successful.
I look forward to your success, see you in the course.
Be Great,
Evan, The Paramedic Coach
Best thing I ever did for myself clinically was get a quiz maker app and continually add my new-found knowledge to it in a question/answer format. Any time I learned something new, be it in a TH-cam video like this, the protocols, a textbook, podcast or first-hand experience I would add a quiz question about it to the list. The reason being that a lot of case types and situations in in the job don't come up frequently enough for you to learn them by repeat real-world exposure, so you need to intermittently remind yourself about them in other ways- and quizzes are a great way to supplement your training. So much of this job is simply remembering what to do in a given situation, and to remember these things when you're under pressure you need to repeat it a lot.
It's important that the questions have randomisation and a time limit, because there will come a point where there are too many questions to do in one sitting. Bonus points if the app has an option to type in the answer (instead of just multi-choice) so you have to remember the answer completely on your own (as you would have to know it on-road), rather than having the multi-choice answers jog your memory.
Also, have a notepad app in your phone so you can remind yourself afterwards to make a quiz question later of something you just learned, or to later write up a self-reflection of an attended case that you want to break down and analyse what went well and what could be done better next time.
I have sub-categories of questions in my quizzes, like Pharmacology (meds you will be giving); Other Medications (commonly used patient meds); Medical Terminology; On-Road Tips; Practical Skills; and Paediatric Observation Ranges. But that is just to give examples- you can create your own based on what you think you need to know the most.
Good luck with it. Most mentors will have your back if they see you are keen to listen and learn, and if they don't then that's probably on them. They didn't come out of the womb as qualified paramedics and unfortunately some ambos have very short memories of their own time as a struggling newbie.
Hope that helps!
@@ShrektheOgre4real thank you so much for taking the time to respond. It means a lot to me. I see what you mean, it really does take time to fully process and learn many topics. I wish you the very best with your AEMT!!!
@@huwguyver4208 wow! Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. You wrote down some very helpful tips for me and I will absolutely apply them in my learning/studying habits. You are a very passionate person and it shows. I wish you the very best in what you do, as I can see you are a hard working, detail oriented, dedicated person. Thanks so much again.
One more exam to pass until I get my ent certification thank you so much your videos I feel as assisted me greatly 😊
I have division 2 and then 3 and then the NREMT! HANG IN THERE ❤️
Hey Kitana, welcome back to the channel, thanks for the kind words here.
Nice work, Adam, welcome back to the channel!
uuugh the suspence lol love these stories haha
Thanks for watching!
Clever use of smartphone. Learn 1, do 1, teach 1. Liked.
I wanna be an EMT through med school. Or at least until med school. My dad will charge very cheap rent (like 300 a month) and i feel like I’d be able to save enough for it. But being an EMT Would likely increase my chances of getting into med school
I’m taking an EMT class my senior year of HS as a course! A whole school year of EMT classes every day and I’m excited to get into premed
question for all the knowledgeable people here, do the emt's always drive ambulances or is there a separate driver? im super interested in becoming an emt, but i genuinely hate driving
A friend's co-worker had a new EMT working with him -- first time out in a rig -- and they responded to a possible heart attack. Wouldn't have been a problem except the patient weighed 800+ pounds and they couldn't get the poor guy on the gurney! The gurney wouldn't even go through the bedroom door -- patient's mother was a hoarder and howled when they tried to move anything to clear a path to his room.
The guy is moaning and crying that he's dying, Mama is having a meltdown over her precious possessions, and the gurney is wedged solid in the doorway. Welcome to the wonderful world of EMTs.
Eventually, they called the fire department to knock out the door frame and an outside wall so they could take him straight to the ambulance. Another ambulance had to come for combative Mama, who attacked the fire guys who were "tryin' ta break into muh house!!"
The police had to restrain her, she slugged a cop, her son is sobbing and screaming that he was "dyin', goddammit!!" and she was dropped off at the ER in handcuffs, incoherent and raving. The second crew said it looked like both of them had been living off caffeine-enhanced diet drinks for weeks -- no food anywhere and huge piles of empty drink bottles waiting to be recycled.
On the upside, nobody was shot or stabbed, although the EMT working on the son said his ears were ringing for days -- he didn't know patients having heart attacks could scream that loud.
Got any tips for a 6 month paramedic school? That's the only one we can go to via Air Force.
Hey Ryan, welcome to the channel, yes I do see my comments in this post.
1.) The biggest tip is to get an awareness level of the Paramedic content before you go in, you don't want to enter Paramedic school, and hear the content in class for the first time with everyone else. I give my students an advantage by studying the following concepts prior to class.
Anatomy and Physiology
EMS Medications (Drug Cards)
Cardiology and Pharmacology
ALS Assessment
All of the following prep I have laid out with the exact study plan in my course with all the video study that you need, you can sign up here: www.prepareforems.com
I look forward to your Paramedic success in the air force and thank you for your service, brother.
Be Great,
Evan, The Paramedic Coach
@@TheParamedicCoach Thank you for the advice sir! You're videos have been helping tremendously.
Thank you,
Ryan
Could you really lose your license for making a wrong turn? 1 week out from NR and super excited, but also nervous if I pass because I almost don't feel ready for the real life cases.
Hey George, thanks for tuning in. If you are looking to up your EMT skills and clinical/critical thinking skills for EMT, this is the course, I give my students: www.prepareforems.com
Log into the course above, then I recommend reviewing the following sections now.
BLS Accelerator
EMT Clinical Tips
EMS Skills Mastery
Prescription Meds Mastery
Be Great,
Evan, The Paramedic Coach
@@TheParamedicCoach you are the best dude, thanks for the tips
I want to become an EMT, but arterial bleeding (not venous) makes me dizzy and feel faint. Can I still do it?
As long as it's not yours, you'll get over it 😭😂🤣
It was a dark and stormy night.....
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Why he look constantly stoned and talk like he always drunk 😂
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