tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post4449992286669961336..comments2023-07-12T14:34:31.407+01:00Comments on A Life In The Day Of A Basics Doc: I've Got A Hat!RapidResponseDochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03544668439101821499noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-67211178522965143342009-08-05T19:16:51.354+01:002009-08-05T19:16:51.354+01:00Hi there RRD, I really like reading your blog. to ...Hi there RRD, I really like reading your blog. to me you're living the dream! <br /><br />Im currently about to go into the 4th year of med school at GKT, with a massive interest in eventually going into emergency medicine and pre hospital care. i was wondering (i hope not too cheekily) if you wouldn't mind me emailing you to pick your brains on a few things so to speak as to the best way to get into prehospital care and basics etc and if there is anything i can be doing now. I appreciate that you dont have much time and wont be disappointed if you're too busy. <br /><br />Many thanks, from a budding emergency doctor (fingers crossed) !<br /><br />I realise you prob wont want to put your email address on a public website, mine is james.n.cook@kcl.ac.uk if you would prefer to email it to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247731233873983928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-59458901629856165572009-08-01T17:28:02.069+01:002009-08-01T17:28:02.069+01:00Just knowing when you are out of your depth and wh...Just knowing when you are out of your depth and when to let another colleague take over is a very good skill for anyone, including doctors to haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-20798390072702563902009-07-30T16:53:18.725+01:002009-07-30T16:53:18.725+01:00Thank you for your comments, folks. It was very od...Thank you for your comments, folks. It was very odd, being in a situation where I just froze. Hasn`t happenned to me for a while. Still, that`s what being on the road is all about...RapidResponseDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544668439101821499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-23528494551506674132009-07-26T16:19:09.360+01:002009-07-26T16:19:09.360+01:00I guess even A+E Doctors need back up from time to...I guess even A+E Doctors need back up from time to time.<br /><br />Just like the ALS algorithm states "Summon help if appropriate"<br /><br />A good call to let the HEMS team treat the child it seems. As for feeling incapable, I was at a job in the late hours of last evening for flu like syptoms on a 10 yo F. Not distressed in the slightest but I was a gibbering wreck. My first paedi pt, who knows what I'll be like on my first paedi resp arrest or trauma. Something I am not looking forward to.<br /><br />Great blog RRD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-75599171250919119662009-07-26T12:00:45.124+01:002009-07-26T12:00:45.124+01:00We all have our strengths and 'areas which req...We all have our strengths and 'areas which require further development' (never really liked the term weakness). The real strength is when to ask for help, or in this case let the more experienced practitioner take over.<br />The biggest mistake some make is keeping hold of the 'glory jobs' when maybe they arent the best to be doing it.<br />Even though you were happy to pass over the responsibility, I think it is worth while to state the obvious. There are some types of emergency that we would rather not go to, but we would deal with them efficiently and effectively anyway, as I sure would have been the case for this child and yourself!<br />Nice Post RRDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-4681092494869729852009-07-26T06:44:28.276+01:002009-07-26T06:44:28.276+01:00It is always a good thing when you are willing to ...It is always a good thing when you are willing to admit your weak in an area and let someone who is better equipped in that area take over. I was at an accident scene a few weeks ago where myself and my partner (he's an advanced EMT and I am a basic) arrived to find a doctor and several nurses on scene (we were way out in the middle of no where - about 2hrs from the closest hospital driving fast-so I am not sure where all the medical people were coming from), unfortunately they were all clinically trained so they did not know how to deal with a serious trauma patient. They also did not want to listen to EMTs. About 10 min after we arrived some ER docs stopped and offered a hand. They were the only ones who did not get in the way of my partner and I doing our job. <br />The fact that you were willing to step down and help where needed showed you were confident in yourself. Good for you for not making it more difficult to treat the patient.TDBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422378029337160393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-84819952789130215542009-07-25T14:31:51.376+01:002009-07-25T14:31:51.376+01:00I was an EMT in the early says of 911 when they ju...I was an EMT in the early says of 911 when they just routed calls. <br /><br />Our dispatchers came from the black cab companies, and they were GOOD. We had printed street guides, and the dispatchers knew where the street guides were wrong. <br /><br />I can still hear one of them saying over the radio, "Put a three on it, it's a child!"WWWebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491098272113630084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-76455856785304666812009-07-25T11:57:24.953+01:002009-07-25T11:57:24.953+01:00Concentrate on your strengths not the stuff you...Concentrate on your strengths not the stuff you're not particulary good at. The job went well. You made a difference. Think about that.Ralph Chadkirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083808353421343696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2990254441624674011.post-92073916543459314542009-07-25T08:48:12.442+01:002009-07-25T08:48:12.442+01:00Very nicely written!
Its good to see that both BA...Very nicely written!<br /><br />Its good to see that both BASICs Doctors and Ambulance Crews have the same things going through their mind when it comes to Children....<br /><br />...OMG ITS A KID!!!!!!Student Paramedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554558425541106953noreply@blogger.com