Paramedic

take the pills and the paramedic asked the resident if they wanted to hurt themselves. The resident replied "no". The parametric then asked if the resident wanted to hurt themselves currently and the resident said "no". The resident, again, started expressing that they wanted to get to their bed and leave the hospital quickly. The paramedic asked the resident when they were trying to get out of the hospital and the resident stated: "within the next few hours". The paramedic stated that if…

p. 1). A paramedic, in most instances, is required to spend a minimum of a year, actively working as an emergency medical technician prior to applying for medic class. An additional six months or more, which can be as in-depth as four years, includes classroom time, vehicle time, and hospital time and required to meet the standards for paramedic training either through a private setting or a community college ("Paramedics in the US," 2016, para. 3). Today’s standards…

therefore presenting an emotional dimension of caring for the service user and showing this through caring for them in a way of recognising and lessen the suffering of the individual.{nursing ethics } This shows how caring for the service user, paramedic practitioners should look at the holistic aspects of the individual in order to help and treat them right, while still being attentive to their needs and just want to help the patient and be there. Professor Thomas G. Plante explains that an…

I am currently employed as a Primary Care Paramedic by BC Ambulance service. I 'm writing anonymously with the aid of my coworkers to discuss concerns about working conditions as a part-time employee. There have been some interest in the public recently* regarding response times of ambulance paramedics to 911 calls, including some on the mainland which resulted in death*. In both of these circumstances, paramedics were blamed for not responding promptly. As a result, we are now being very…

Carter had stopped moving when paramedics got to him. “Everyone back away,” they announced rather calm voice. The paramedics then proceeded to remove Carter’s helmet, revealing that just his helmet had twisted around rather than his head breaking apart from his spinal chord, but the danger was still very apparent. Carter had still not yet woken up from what may have been a fatal crash. One paramedic used many medical devices to get his vitals, while two other paramedics began to swiftly…

healthcare field with a vast amount of availability for the paramedic or ems provider to branch out into a more controlled option of care. However, I do not think this is a place for all providers or all ambulance companies to venture into. The paramedics of today are not of the same caliper than when I first started my ems career in the late 70s and early 80’s. The education and skills that are now required makes the current paramedics well versed in emergency care, but lacks in the…

In our daily life, emergency situations occur frequently. Places and settings including emergency rooms, intensive care units (ICUs), multi-casualty incidents (for instance car crashes) and mass casualty incidents (including fire outbreak and natural disasters) can all fall under the umbrella of emergency situations [Hoppes 2011]. These circumstances often involve immediate risks to health, life, property, or environment. In most cases, emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a…

One may ask, what kind of nurse are you? For some nurses the answer is clear, for others that answer may not be quite so simple. There are those who will go their entire career without truly knowing or finding out what they truly want to do. You will have nurses that will always want to continue to grow and develop in their role, always aspiring to follow paths to help them grow and you will have others that will stay in the same positon for their entire career. One thing all nurses have in…

world, brutality, car crashes, and other catastrophes would not occur. Then infections and sickness would be nonexistent. EMTs or paramedics would not have a purpose for their job. Unfortunately, our world is not a perfect place. EMTs or paramedics are globally essential to our society. In Breathe: Essays from a Recovery Paramedic, the author, whom is a former paramedic emphasize the stressful circumstances and difficult incidents that she experienced on a daily basis. Using Schafer's concept of…

Paramedics are similar to EMTs where they both are quick responders to the sick and injured in emergencies. While responding, paramedics are able to bandage a wound, asses a patient’s condition and identify the path of treatment needed, provide first-aid and life support treatment, transport patients in an ambulance to a hospital, and report knowledge of the patient to the staff at the hospital. Some paramedics are able to work on a helicopter or airplane with the proper training and equipment.…