I’m gonna write something quick because that’s better than writing nothing. Well I had my 8 hour class today which wasn’t so bad. Pretty entertaining for the most part. Grabbed some Dunkin before class which made it more bearable and sat next to Justyna. My brain was fried afterwards. I forgot how much I didn’t know about the heart.
It was intense learning how to read the heart monitor rhythms and we got to practice cpr on the dummies.
My instructor definitely has been through some shit. She’s been an emt for over 35 years and told us stories of her responding to calls. One that really left her with ptsd was when she responded to a massacre at a postal office....heads blown off…shudder
She said she took a break for 6 months after that.
Sure I’ve had some patients pass away, but nothing graphic like that. I will never forget about the one man who I was talking to for one minute, left to grab him a sandwich, next minute found him dead, half sandwich in hand. He was DNR so all I could do was say a little prayer, and we had to wrap him up. The day before thanksgiving. I had to listen to the dr break the news to the son, and I fought back tears talking to him as well. Wasn’t until a couple days later I found myself crying over it. Literally just hit me like a truck out of nowhere.
Weird how that’s just a regular day for me.
My lips have been so chapped all day. It hurts to even talk. I globbed on so much Vaseline which isn’t doing much.
Alright I have to sleep now....got 1 more day of class and then an exam. Hopefully I pass.
-A
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