CpenDoc7
New member
Man I absolutely loved it. In some jobs you come home mentally stressed....not this one. I came home physically tired from 12 hour ER shifts but slept like a baby. It is a real sense of satisfaction knowing that you have helped others. Sure there where rough days but I wouldn't change a thing. It is an awesome feeling to know that you have helped to save a life. Emergency medicine can be stressful from time to time on shift but that's what you train for....to make a difference when it really counts. To serve others in such a fashion is a challenge but highly honorable and rewarding. Example....23 y/o female Marine MVA arrived on seen to find her vehicle flipped and the patient sitting calmly on a culvert alert and oriented x3. Based on the mechanism of injury patient was immediately placed in a c collar and placed on a spine board. At that point she started to present with a symptoms of a head injury pupils not equal round or reactive to light. Projectile vomiting followed. When I pulled into the ER my nurses jaw dropped when I gave report. There was vomit on the ceiling and on my person...it was everywhere. But she arrived packaged nicely with iv acess ready for meds. Nurse took my report and called another EMT in to let me go clean up. Was it nasty yes. Took a shower and enjoyed the rest of my day knowing I did what needed to be done in a proficient manner. That stuff is rare. There are sad days...9 heat casualties in one day with one fatality.....very sobering. I ran 4 of the calls. Didn't have the fatality....no one could have helped him 106 rectal temp...you can't save every one but you can try like hell. If you have the minerals for the task you will never regret it. Stay motivated and make the best grades you can it can litteraly be a life and death matter. I commend you for your career path. It will definitely be worth it in the end...