1. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PARAMEDIC By Dani Kinczkowski

2. What is a Paramedic? A paramedic, also called emergency medical technition (EMT's) are medical professionals, who primarily provide pre-hospital advanced medical and trauma care. They are usually a member of the emergency medical service.

3. Likes & Dislikes LIKES Get to work with people Work with a partner all day Hands on care with patients Working with families and hospital staff Challenging situations Variety of different situations DISLIKES Long days Little rest Management incompletely trained personal

4. The Things They Encounter Car accidents Heart attacks Poising Fires Unscheduled childbirths Cave-ins Natural disasters Breathing Problems Senior citizen accidents Bad chest pain Those are just a couple

5. A Work Day of a Paramedic Check in is at 6:00am. Before 7:00am they check out ambulance and get the equipment ready. From then on they are on call all day. 7:00- 8:00am coffee break or rest.

6. 8:00am - 9:30am Receive dispatch call for shortness of breath. evaluate and assess patient; put person on oxygen, cardiac monitor, and pulse oxygen take patient to ambulance on cot and start IV. Call hospital; initiate other treatments and transport patient to hospital. clear for next call.

7. 9:30-11:00am Breakfast 11:00am - 1:00pm Transport heart attack patient from one hospital to another with cardiac catheterization lab. Transfer staff and equipment: IV, monitor, and medications. At hospital: transfer care to catheterization lab and return staff and equipment to original hospital. 1:00pm - 3:00pm Receive call for a kid with asthma at school: get medical history and present condition from school’s nurse; place child on oxygen and give asthma treatment and transport to hospital; transfer care and medical history. Restock ambulance and clear for next call.

8. 3:00pm - 8:00pm Need to pick up premature baby. Get equipment and staff at Intensive Care Unit for babies; drive 1.5 hours to community hospital; pick up baby and transport to original hospital. Staff does work with baby; help if needed. Fill out transport forms. 8:00pm - 9:00pm Receive a call for chest pain: get medical history and present problem; put on oxygen, monitor, and IV; administer drugs. Call hospital and transport to hospital—FAST. 9:00pm-10:00pm Dinner

9. 10:00pm- 1:00pm Chill out and sleep 1:00am - 2:00am Receive another shortness of breath call. Much like earlier in day.

10. 2:00am- 3:00am Receive a call from a nursing home: woman fell out of bed and broke a hip; get past and present medical histories; immobilize patient on backboard; assess further. Call hospital and transport patient to hospital. Restock and clear for next call.

11. 3:00am - 6:00am Sleep That is the average day of a paramedic.

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