http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/ Peter Canning's EMS Journal Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:19:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-6882 PC Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://streetwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights#comment-6882 Thanks for the comments,</></>I agree the lying bothers me the most. You want to treat everyone with dignity and I pride myself on it, but the more you get called by the same person, the harder it is. The first call everyone is friendly and oh, don't hesitate to call us again, and the patients are you people are so nice, and then they call again, and its the same thing and then they call again, and it's hard to keep the smile on your face. Thanks for the comments,I agree the lying bothers me the most. You want to treat everyone with dignity and I pride myself on it, but the more you get called by the same person, the harder it is. The first call everyone is friendly and oh, don’t hesitate to call us again, and the patients are you people are so nice, and then they call again, and its the same thing and then they call again, and it’s hard to keep the smile on your face.

]]> http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-6881 Anonymous Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://streetwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights#comment-6881 We have a sickle cell patient who is a regular. Goes to all every hospital, sometimes twice a day. I have no sympathy for him because he lies to me, and I hate being lied to. I just ask people follow the rules, be respectful to me and my work area, as I will be to them, and be honest.</></>It's always the same story. Where's your meds? They got stolen. Funny, because they got stolen last time, and the time before that, and the time before that. </></>I have a computer system I can check to see when a patient was run last, and even pull up the last ticket. Same thing, every time. </></>Maybe he's in pain, but the reality is that his opiate addiction is the problem, not the sickle cell.</></>I get tired of the lies. We have a sickle cell patient who is a regular. Goes to all every hospital, sometimes twice a day. I have no sympathy for him because he lies to me, and I hate being lied to. I just ask people follow the rules, be respectful to me and my work area, as I will be to them, and be honest.It’s always the same story. Where’s your meds? They got stolen. Funny, because they got stolen last time, and the time before that, and the time before that. I have a computer system I can check to see when a patient was run last, and even pull up the last ticket. Same thing, every time. Maybe he’s in pain, but the reality is that his opiate addiction is the problem, not the sickle cell.I get tired of the lies.

]]> http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-6880 AlisonH Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:55:00 +0000 http://streetwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights#comment-6880 You struggled to treat him always with kindness. In some lives, that is such a rare and wonderful thing that I can see him risking your annoyance over his having gone home in order to have a few precious moments of time, from time to time, with someone who cared. You struggled to treat him always with kindness. In some lives, that is such a rare and wonderful thing that I can see him risking your annoyance over his having gone home in order to have a few precious moments of time, from time to time, with someone who cared.

]]> http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-6879 Anonymous Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:46:00 +0000 http://streetwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights#comment-6879 I've got to admit, it bothers me sometimes how complacent we get with chronically ill patients. I'm no saint. I do it too, but I've been trying to cut back. Something my teacher said back in EMT school and later medic school that cut me like a knife. "You'll never see it all, and just when you think you have, there's going to be a big bad one jump up and bite you in the ass."</></>Sure enough, eventually he was right. Keep up the good work, PC. I’ve got to admit, it bothers me sometimes how complacent we get with chronically ill patients. I’m no saint. I do it too, but I’ve been trying to cut back. Something my teacher said back in EMT school and later medic school that cut me like a knife. “You’ll never see it all, and just when you think you have, there’s going to be a big bad one jump up and bite you in the ass.”Sure enough, eventually he was right. Keep up the good work, PC.

]]> http://medicscribe.com/2008/03/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 AttorneyMedic Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:03:00 +0000 http://streetwatch.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/you-dont-have-to-put-on-your-red-lights#comment-6878 If your locale is anything like mine, there is a long list of CH's. There's ALWAYS a CH. If your locale is anything like mine, there is a long list of CH’s. There’s ALWAYS a CH.

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