...EMT’s treat approximately 25-30 million people each year. Emergency Medical Technicians are clinicians, trained to respond quickly to emergency situations regarding medical issues, traumatic injuries and accident scenes but are not allowed to penetrate the skin, meaning no needles or cutting into patients. EMTs and paramedics have an abundance of issues which go unnoticed in their field in today’s society. A few of these issues are gender-oriented issues, work-stress burnout, and PTSD. From the beginning, emergency medical services in the United States has been a male-dominated occupation. There have been data tests used to determine the male to female percentage. According to the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians, “men make...
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...Small Stones Small stones make great waves. This is something we experience every day. In Fact, It’s how I earn a living. As an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), I feel like a tiny stone when faced with the afflictions of my patients. How could I create a difference? As I’ve come to find out from my patients, such a task could be attainable, and not only to myself. In the grand stage of life, each and every one of us is a player; Our roles being meaningful, and far-reaching outcomes. The humblest acts play a large role in the grand scheme. I once transferred an Eleven-year-old boy from a hospital to a mental facility. He had been the victim of neglect and abuse by his parents. He had been withdrawn from us upon our arrival, not saying a single...
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...During my time as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), I was trained to respond to high stress situations. In emergency situations, my role was to locate and prioritize patients based on the severity of their injuries which, in some cases, were life threatening. One of the most valuable experiences I gained as an EMT was being able to witness firsthand how medicine truly interacted with patients and what direct effects the prescribed treatments had on a case by case basis. This real life experience taught me many valuable lessons that cannot be learned in a classroom or behind a desk. My experience has also led me to the conclusion that, as an EMT, my abilities are limited by my inability to directly prescribe medicine to my patients. As a licensed Pharmacist, I'd have the tools necessary to exhaust all possible scenarios, which would allow me to prescribe the proper medicine needed to treat the patient to the best of my ability. With modern medicine changing and improving on a seemingly daily basis, the allure of constant learning and growth is both intriguing and motivating. The day to day interactions and trust building with patients and colleagues, coupled with the pride I take in giving back to my community have inspired me to want to be a Pharmacist. My experience as an EMT has proven to me that a life in the medical field is physically and mentally demanding. Very few people understand how draining the medical industry can be. There are times when we as EMT's are physically...
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...fire company such as OSHA, hazardous materials and weekly fire drills to stay familiarized with your equipment. Although, not all fire companies do weekly trainings. Some have specialized groups that do their own trainings on their scheduled days with the same group of people. That is an effective way when you have a larger department with more members. When you think of a firefighter what comes to mind, the big helmets, boots and cool bunker pants? From personal experience, firefighting is an extraordinary skill that not everyone can do. Firefighters protect the public with their bravery, quick thinking and strong working knowledge of fire behavior, prevention and equipment, (firescience.org). Firefighters are also EMT’s (Emergency Medical Technicians) so they can stop fires, save lives or both. There are many different roles that they play. There are different crews of firefighters. The engine crew works on the ground with water to put out fire, a truck...
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...Health Care Interview David Walker HCS/310 Jennifer Hitt September, 18, 2013 Everyone’s job/career is important to him/her. Many people perform their daily tasks with gusto while others see their jobs as the way to make a living and pay the bills; but one will never know what the various employees have to endure on a normal work day. Status, the area of specialization, where one works and the population with which one works can cause pleasure or distress. Ever since I was a young child I always wondered what it was like working in a prison; I did not get the chance to do so, but the opportunity presented itself for me to interview a full-time prison employee who worked as an Emergency Medical Technician. I was somewhat mesmerized by some of the information I gleaned from the interview. On the 12th September, I had the privilege of visiting a state prison facility and talking to an EMT Professional about his job. Peter as this employee will be called said he has been working with that facility for eight years. I enquired why he was employed at that place and he just shook his head and laughed so loudly my ears seemed to ache. Peter claimed that he liked his job immensely, but there were times when he was overwhelmed. He worked on an ambulance prior to working at this facility but it was not challenging. He declared that working here one never knows what to expect as some of the inmates were “off the hook”. Peter declared that he was not afraid...
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...Essay: Characteristics of a Well Written Report There are four characteristics of a well written report. The four characteristics are that the report should be clearly written, concise, accurate, and contain a complete accounting of all the information generated. It is important that these characteristics are kept in mind when writing a report. They will ensure repeated success every time you are tasked with writing one. The first characteristic is that the report must be clearly written. A good indicator that the report is not clear is when different people read the same report and come up with different interpretations. I like to believe that it takes more than one person to write a good report. I suggest getting into a habit of having others review your reports. Ask them to question what they’ve read and make suggestions if necessary. What may sound clear to you may not be as clear to others. This simple suggestion will improve your writing skills substantially because it will make you conscience of necessary improvements and mistakes that you may not be aware of. Writing a concise report is the second characteristic of a well written report. The writer should attempt to be very stingy with their words and to get their point across as economically as possible. Writing a report that is too wordy will allow room for misinterpretation. It may also undo the previously mentioned characteristic of clearly written reports. Ensuring that the report is concise will...
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...older, I began to learn more about the history of the fire service and some of the traditions the fire department holds. From learning about the old times with the bucket brigade to how the advancements of how fire is extinguished today or when my father began working as a firefighter, the use of medical gloves were not used. Now today with the knowledge of blood born pathogens, the use of gloves is a common practice to keep the spread of disease minimal. Information like this has always interested me and lead me to a career in the fire department today. I have always been interested in the health care field. I began pursing my career in the health care field when I was fifteen. I started volunteering my in a position called a "fire explorers" with the Pasadena Fire Department. As a fire explorer, I learned the basics of firefighting and how physically fit the job entails. However, one of the most important things I learned as a fire explorer is that most calls that firefighters respond to are about eighty percent medical. While in high school, I was fortunate enough to interview for a position as a Ventura County Fire Cadet. As a fire cadet, I responded to all 9-1-1 emergency calls throughout our district. I worked a regular shift schedule and...
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...Jay, an Emergency Room Technician, is walking into work. It is 6:40 am, his shift starts at 7 am but he is required to clock-in earlier and attend the “shift huddle” (the huddle is where the incoming staff gets any pertinent information about what happened during the previous shift). It is 7:05 am, the huddle is over and Jay is checking the assignment sheet to see where in the department he is going to be working. At this emergency department, the nurses and techs will work in one of the four sections: A-pod (for the medium acuity patients, and it also houses the psychiatric patients), B-pod (where high acuity patients such as respiratory or cardiac arrest patients go), C-pod (for low acuity patients…it is kind of like an urgent care), or Start. Today, Jay is assigned to the start desk; this is the area that processes incoming patients after they have registered to be seen at the ER. Jay will work closely with a nurse to help triage people coming into the ER, and to watch over patients in the waiting room. Jay’s primary responsibility is to take an initial set of vital signs (blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and oxygen saturation levels) on every person that comes in for treatment, and notify the nurse if any of those vital signs are abnormal. He will also help to take patients to their room once they are assigned one, help answer any questions, escort visitors, and to perform an electrocardiogram (EKG) on any patient that has a chief complaint warranting such a...
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...This post code analysis will describe, discuss and analyse health resources and structures within a location and its population as well as it’s specific demands on paramedic skills and disposition. The postcode selected was based upon a recent paramedic clinical placement, this location is the Port Macquarie – Hastings area (2444) and will also reflect how unique problems associated with geography, demographics, spatial, equities and the links between these factors and the quality of pre-hospital and emergency care and includes SES profile for patient groups with their common reasons for calling triple zero. Geography can impact healthcare in numerous ways that can have positive and or negative effects, depending on where one lives will...
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...In my senior year in high school I was told several stories about a certain family member of mine and how he was a firefighter. Neleigh Parks (my Great-Grandfather), a man I looked up to, was a volunteer firefighter. So that inspired me to become one. One day out of the blue I decided to approach my mother about it. She was very supportive of my decision to become a firefighter. It took a couple of months for me to gain the courage to actually go to the firehouse and talk to the people. I was curius to find out what it took to become one. After finding out such requirements I decided to persue it. So many people were proud of my decision to join. Most importantly proud of myself. Every third monday the fire department would have business meetings. These meetings a firehouse would vote on budgets, agendas, etc. Here they would also vote on prospects for the department. October of the year of 2009 was that fateful night. I was on the dockett for the membership board to vote on prospects. The whole night the probationarys and myself were stuck cleaning the engine bay. This involved sweeping, mopping, and surface cleaning. Two hours later every voting member came out. Shaking in nervousness and excitement I was waiting for an answer back. The chief of the department came out and approached me and gave me my verdict. "Congratulations probie" the chief said. In total shock I lit up a cigarette and said thank you to every voting member. With the meeting over and done with I walked...
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...The fire service should be one of the best careers a person should have. Yes it is often a mystery why we running into burning buildings where other people are running out. It is a sense of bravery, determination and will. Firefighters always look forward to “slaying the dragon,” as fire is referred to in a fire house. But fire fighting in the south has taken a backseat to the new kid on the block which is medical calls. The bottom line is this a career in which people get into to help others and to provide the best outcome possible in dangerous situations whether it be a raging fire or a serious medical injury. The problem with this is the standard of excellence is starting to decline. The reason is due to the three factors I have note previously and I will look into explaining each. Lets first look into rookie firefighters. They are often new young men and women looking to develop their first career in life. They are fresh out of the fire academy, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) school, Paramedic school or a combination of both. They are wet behind the eyes looking for guidance with hunger in their eyes. No wait that is what they should look like. Instead most of the time these individuals come into the service thinking they know everything at hand because they have been through school though they lack on the street experience. They are called Generation X. These Generation X individuals have a different outlook on self expectations and respect for authority. (Goblet...
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...and if there are any health threats and concerns. The public health nurse uses skills of assessing and prioritizing, assuring that all needs and concerns within her scope of practice are met. Other members of the Public Health Department team operate and maintain all the other jobs that aren’t in the scope of practice of the nurse. The health educator helped direct those evacuated to the closest shelter; the bookkeeper is responsible for maintaining monetary records of operations throughout the disaster; the receptionist uses her people skills and good rapport with vendors to get what is needed for the department to be able to run operations; the organized and analytical skills of the epidemiologist is fundamental in charting the emergency department operations; having the most supervisory experience, the environmental health...
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...it necessary to call for a complete evacuation of the hospital. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (1996) stated that, “There are several factors which must be considered when planning for an evacuation, among these are the characteristics of the hazard or threat itself” (P. 5E1). Our goal is to Develop an effective emergency response plan, which will takes into account the threat of fire, this is vital to emergency management. We must be prepared at all times, no matter what type of emergency it is, be it a natural disaster or a manmade event; the hospital should have a planned response to protect the hospitals assets. Interagency Coordination Interagency Coordination is a significant part of a completed response plan. Hospital plans for full or partial evacuation should incorporate pre-planning and address the incident command and management structure established for its operational area (community). In advance of an event, Hospitals should understand and incorporate local plans and protocols that are in place to support evacuation and should establish Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with other hospitals, as necessary, for transfer and mutual aid during an emergency. (Hospital Evacuation section, para. 1). When evacuation is first contemplated, the hospital should alert the local emergency medical services agency (LEMSA), Emergency Operations Center (EOC), and/or Medical Health Operational Area Coordinator (MHOAC) in accordance...
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...The thickness and length of Catherine’s and Frederic’s hair symbolizes as protection. Catherine’s hair resembles a protective layer from the world. When walking in the streets or not alone, Catherine keeps her hair pinned up in a bun. The bun is a symbol of openness to the world. However, when her hair travels down to her shoulders and covers her ears, she feels sheltered from the world. She thinks that if she has that layer then no one will see the secrets in her life. The hair gives her a sense that she is the only one in the world. Catherine’s shield like hair helps her forget about the baby that she thinks will ruin her relationship with Frederic. Also, she now does not have to worry about the world’s problems and mistakes. An author mentions, “As a protagonist, he re-imagines her—he represents her as an ideal instrument of his convalescence, and when he hides beneath her beautiful blonde hair she offers him a fantasy of protection and separation from the world, ‘the feeling of [being] inside a tent or behind a falls’ (114)” (Hollenberg 17). When she is alone with Frederic, she prefers her hair to be flowing and loose. She wants to show how she is completely open for their relationship, and that she does not have any untold secrets hidden from Frederic. Catherine’s hair not only provides protection for her, but also Frederic. As told in the novel, Frederic imagines Catherine’s hair as the tents he stayed in the war. (Hemingway 98). When in the war, Frederic’s only safe place...
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...The concept of modern day Emergency Medical Services (EMS) care is widely noted to begin with the academic paper, "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society", (or "White Paper") in 1966, according to EMS textbooks and relevant academia in the field. This paper detailed the statistics of highway accidents resulting in injury and death in the mid 60's, as well as other causes of injury and death, and used the statistics to confirm that reform was needed in the United States, especially concerning public education and the amount of CPR and BLS/First Aid training received by police officers, firemen, and ambulance services at the time. The EMT program in the United States began as part of the "Alexandria Plan" in the early 70's, in addition to a growing issue with injuries associated with car accidents. Emergency medicine (EM) as a medical specialty is relatively young. Prior to the 1960s and 70s, hospital emergency departments were generally staffed by physicians on staff at the hospital on a rotating basis, among them general surgeons, internists, psychiatrists, and dermatologists. Physicians in training (interns and residents), foreign medical graduates and sometimes nurses also staffed the Emergency Department (ED). EM was born as a specialty in order to fill the time commitment required by physicians on staff to work in the increasingly chaotic emergency departments (EDs) of the time. During this period, groups of physicians began to emerge who...
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