Courtesy Shock

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It started

January 24, 2009 · 6 Comments

With Ninja Medic. Then Epi followed suit. 


Really about once a month one of my fellow EMS bloggers(and I’ve done this too) eludes to one of the many stories of terror that haunt our Nightmare Bank. 

There will always be a few memories of calls past that will NOT go away.

The irony for me is that tomorrow I am teaching a SIDS portion of our refresher as well as a Neonatal Care refresher. 

More than a few things are ironic about this:
  • My haunting pt is just a wee 18mo baby. Helpless. 
  • We talk about CISM(Critical Incident Stress Management) in both classes–how often do we actually use those tool? How many systems HAVE them?
  • I’m about to have a baby. A helpess baby. I know far more than I wish I did. 
Be safe out there, all. Godspeed. 

Categories: Coping · Heart Strings · Kids · Life · Pediatric · Stress · Wow. · baby

6 responses so far ↓

  • Anonymous // January 24, 2009 at 06:32 | Reply

    When I read that you were teaching the SIDS refresher I cringed a bit…it’ll be difficult.

  • Epijunky // January 26, 2009 at 03:43 | Reply

    *Sigh*

    I’ll be thinking of you.

    And with all of those nightmare runs that I’ve done,(not as many as some, but more than enough, I swear), I’ve been to one (yes one) CISM.

    I’ve yet to form my own opinion of them.

    All of that being said… Again, I’ll be thinking of you.

  • Walt Trachim // January 26, 2009 at 16:32 | Reply

    After reading this, bro, I put you on my prayer list….

    Been to 3 CISD meetings since I’ve been on the job. Their effectiveness is actually pretty subjective, I suspect, but in the times I had to go it was worth it to deal with what was in front of us.

    Take care of yourself, mon ami. If you need anything, you know where to find me.

  • Cheating Death // January 27, 2009 at 05:25 | Reply

    Thanks Guys. My SIDS class went ok. The worst part about this job is knowing that sometimes there really just isn’t anything you can do.

    Thanks All!

  • Evil Transport Lady // January 28, 2009 at 13:34 | Reply

    My only huge fear is a call for a child. That’s the thing I fear most. But I’ll mkae it…..I have to.

  • Ninja Medic // January 30, 2009 at 21:00 | Reply

    I have 3 calls that bother me. One involves a non-viable pre term delivery, and the other two are involving toddlers.

    I think I’m ready to talk about them…soon.

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