Metro Ambulance Practicum

Yup. That's where I'm going to be... with the big dogs. I have orientation March 10th and will start on the 13th. Not going to lie to you, I am nervous. I was anticipating another rural practicum for the ambulance as all other students have gone out to rural sites. I was trying to stop myself from hoping for a rural, resting in more a 'what will be will be' attitude. Nervous that I will have to wear a bullet proof vest and deal with really, really nasty stuff.

With all the EMS coverage I have been a part of so far it has been all pure trauma, medical or a combination thereof... but safe. This will now kick me into another gear where I will actually need to look at the hands to see if there is anything in them that could harm me, look around for dangers, look under the person's body before log rolling/feeling for deadly bleeds because there may be some hidden needle. Yes, I do it already, but this is different (somehow it is in my brain).

Wow.