The importance of bringing the stretcher into every call: Making mistakes for better learning. Making mistakes will help you grow, if reflected upon correctly. Health care is about continuing education for better care of patients, and it is common knowledge in Emergency Medical Services, or “EMS” that sometimes the best way to learn is the hard way. Experienced paramedics have adopted the ability to laugh, gawk, and even marvel at mistakes made, and lessons learned while on the job. It is a part of the job that grounds us, and reminds us that we are human and that these mistakes are ok, and in fact normal. It is a courageous thing to admit ones faults, and to share with others so that they too may learn. I believe the word ‘mistake’ carries with it too negative a connotation, and because I do not necessarily see mistakes as negative, I choose not to use it when sharing my experiences with others. Choosing not to bring the stretcher into a call changed my practice, and the way I view learning by experience. You will not catch me on a call without safety glasses, from the time I had blood spat in my eye. My most significant learning experience however, came within my first year as a paramedic. This learning …show more content…
This particular call was to the third floor of an assisted living facility for an elderly male that needed help off the floor. Once we arrived to the facility, I started unloading the stretcher to which my partner looked at me like the rookie I was and shook his head. “Shouldn’t we bring it just in case?” I asked, timid, and eager to impress. “No.” he replied. “I do this call ten times a week”. He was cool, and confident, and despite my unease I loaded the stretcher back into the ambulance and we made for the third floor with nothing but a clipboard, our paperwork, and our naïve little gloved
Mistakes are made by everyone whether it be because of confusion, lack of correct information, or just an accident. Mistakes are what make us human because we can't be perfect
Mistakes are essential for improvement, whether that’s in science or in social situations. Every error a person makes brings them closer to the right answer or a new discovery. For instance, the discovery of penicillin was based upon a mistake. However, the effect wasn’t a negative
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Nobody is perfect. We all make mistakes. Some of the best lessons in life are learned from making a mistake. But in the healthcare world making mistakes means losing lives. This has started to happen so frequently there has been a term coined – Failure to Rescue or FTR. Failure to rescue is a situation in which a patient was starting to deteriorate and it wasn’t noticed or it wasn’t properly addressed and the patient dies. The idea is that doctors or nurses could’ve had the opportunity to save the life of the patient but because of a variety of reasons, didn’t. This paper discusses the concept of FTR, describes ways to prevent it from happening; especially in relation to strokes or cerebrovascular accidents, and discusses the nursing implications involved in all of these factors.
Emergency room nurses have to be quick to adapting to any type of situation presented – within minutes, it can go from slow to hyper drive. Their main focus is not on one specific group but on
He was an outpatient, who arrived at 8 am to get ready for his surgery. Feeling I was ecstatic and enthusiastic to get back into the field of work to do my clinical rotations. Although I was ready to have a new experience at the recovery unit, I was also extremely scared, because this unit was a specialized unit, where the patient needs vital care while recovering from anesthesia.
A paramedic’s work is physically challenging as well as emotionally stressful, sometimes involving suffering patients and life threatening situations. Elizabeth Mesick, EMT-P, Guilford County Emergency Services, states, “…although the work is very stressful, it’s exciting and I enjoy the opportunity to help people. This position is very rewarding and I would recommend it to others who have a passion for helping people and a strong stomach.”
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An elderly woman came in on her scooter and said she needed help while she was losing consciousness. We had to take her to one of our room immediately and the second she was put in the room she was asked a bunch of questions she couldn’t answer at the time. As I nervously watched another emergency happened down the hall and my mentor had to run to that, emergency, she turned to me and said “You can handle this right? You went through all the training so you should be good!” before I could say anything she closed the door behind her. It was that moment I realized I wasn’t trained on what to do in emergencies.
As a result, patient safety is improved and poor outcomes are decreased. Communication of vital information was reported as being more complete among these research. Sand-Jecklin and Sherman (2014) identified an increase in report accuracy and the increase in nurse perceived accountability. This study reported that patient falls during bedside handoff reporting decreased from twenty pre-implementation to thirteen post implementation at 3 months to four at 13 months (Sand-Jecklin and Sherman, 2014). The practice of bedside handoff reporting offers the opportunity to address toileting and other needs thus decreasing the incidents of falls. Kerr et al. (2014) reported that participants in their studies believed that early encounters with their patients during bedside handoff reporting afforded them early assessment of their patients’ condition. This particular finding is relevant to our area, since the deterioration of most of patients condition could be identified during handoff bed reporting. Ultimately, this would improve patient safety and clinical outcome. Jeff et al. (2013) study reported that since bedside handoff reporting provided patients the opportunity to ask questions or clarify concerns. It also serves as trigger for the patient to update caregivers on new developments or concerns. During bedside handoff report nurses are able to assess the clinical environment such as intravenous lines, drainage tubes and infusion flow rates. “Patient reported that they felt safe when experiencing shift report at the bedside” Gregory et al., 2014,
“Thank you for giving me this opportunity of teaching how to use the EpiPen and how you can save the life of a person”. You are ready to intervene in a life threatening situation”.
Stretching is a common activity used by athletes, older adults, rehabilitation patients, and anyone participating in a fitness program. While the benefits of stretching are known, controversy remains about the best type of stretching for a particular goal or outcome. The purpose of this clinical commentary is to discuss the current concepts of muscle stretching interventions and summarize the evidence related to stretching as used in both exercise and rehabilitation.
Leaderis a person who has strong ability to control and direct people in the right ways. There are 10 types of leadership, also there are many differences in skills between leaders and many different ways that each leader uses to treat others. Also Leadership has been described as "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". For example, some understand a leader simply as somebody whom people follow, or as somebody who guides or directs others, while others define leadership as "motivating and organizing a group of people to achieve a common goal".
Everyone, at some point in their life, has made a mistake. Sometimes we get lucky and only falter a little, making it through the problem relatively intact. Other times, we mess up a lot and have to fix what was damaged over a long period of time. However, the same is true for most, if not all cases—those who make the mistake learn from it. Often times, our failures teach us valuable lessons that we only gained because of the experience we gathered after messing up. I have personally achieved a wealth of knowledge and experience just from all of my own little mishaps, and a few major ones.