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NREMT! 7/15/19

Hello all!

So these past few days have been super exhausting. On Wednesday I was super excited/nervous so I didn’t get much sleep, probably around 6 hours of sleep. On Thursday, I had class 8am-5pm, I stayed downtown and changed clothes, got dinner with my dad, and went to the Ariana Grande concert! It was probably the best experience of my life, we got PIT GA tickets and I took my friend who is also a huge Ariana fan. I’m still in shock and want to cry thinking about it omfg. So after that I got home, showered, and went to bed around 1am. On Friday I had the written final and mock practical all afternoon. My instructor informed us that everyone passed the written! I got an 80%, not great but passing is 70% so not bad! That night I had a Khalid concert with my boyfriend so again I stayed downtown, changed, had some sushi, and then went to the concert, GA of course ;) lol. I got home around midnight, showered, and went to bed. On Saturday, the next morning I had my NREMT skills final and EMT graduation! For my skills, I had a medical assessment with a hypoglycemic patient, a trauma with a tourniquet application, CPR with AED, and BVM. It was nerve wracking and I hated it but my medical and trauma went really well! After that we had graduation, where I got my little diploma thing lol.

So that’s it! I’m an EMT! There are a few things I need to do before I can actually work as an EMT, like getting finger printed/ IV class/ EKG class/taking the online NREMT but right now I am just going to celebrate and relax because those 7 weeks were hell. This week I’m not doing anything, it’s all about me! On Friday I leave to North Carolina with my boyfriend which I am super excited about, except I have gained some weight :(

I also want to start preparing for physics and chemistry next semester, by getting a head start on reading the textbook and all of that stuff.

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7/1/2019 Ambulance Clinical

Hey guys,

So in my last post I was basically going through a mental breakdown lol. I am doing a lot better, now that I’ve done my first ambulance ride!

Honestly, it was so much better than I thought it was going to be. My shift was 9000 - 1900, so I woke up at 7am, left at 7:50, and got there at 8:30. This morning I was prettyyyy nervous. But that quickly faded away once we started patrolling! We got about 6 calls in our 10 hour shift, so it was fairly slow. We had a good balance of off time and call time. I saw everything from an active seizure, to a fractured and dislocated knee, a GSW, etc!

I’m super tired, so I grabbed a coffee, because now I have to take a 100 question exam and wake up at 6am tomorrow. I also desperately need to get my nails done so hopefully I’ll get out of class early tomorrow.

Always so busy!

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6/29/19

Hey guys, so this week has not been good to me. Yesterday in class we started simulations, and it was fun and all until it was my turn to run the call and it all went to shit. Basically, I got by far the hardest call and I sucked in every way and in the other calls teammates were allowed to help each other but for some reason in this one no one was allowed to help me. I only had 2 other “emts” there to help and every time I got stuck I’d ask them for help and what they thought and they just replied with “it’s your call”. We had to lift the “patient” and Im very weak, it was so hard. Then we had to do CPR in the back of an ambulance with no AC, all the doors closed, in 98 degree weather, for 30 minutes. After we ran through the call, the paramedics roasted me for about 15 minutes on everything I did wrong. I had to stop myself from crying halfway through the call, when we were doing CPR in the back of the ambulance, so by the time they were roasting me, I couldn’t control my facial expressions anymore. I felt my eyes watering and I couldn’t talk. Eventually I broke down, ran out of the room and went into the bathroom. I was in there for an hour balling my eyes out. I just couldn’t calm down! I cried the whole lunch break. And then I started crying about how much I fucking embarrassed myself in front of everyone. Eventually the instructor pulled me into her office and had me cry there. I really just wanted to be left alone so I could feel bad for myself and then come back when I was ready. She then said I needed to pull it together because one of the paramedics had her kid there. That did not help.

Eventually I did pull it together and was able to grab my sandwich and return to my group. Everyone was acting super gentle to me because no shit they saw me breakdown, but also I just wanted them to treat me normally, like they never saw anything lol. I was pissed though because I guess word got around, and random students were asking if I was okay.

I can’t handle the thought of going back to class, much less do more simulations. I can’t. I really can’t. We only have 2 weeks left but I can’t do this.

I hate to be dramatic but I genuinely think i’m traumatized. I can’t think back on it at all without crying hysterically. last night i couldn’t sleep. I just kept thinking back on it the whole night. I can’t bring myself to do anything. I just want to lay in bed and feel bad for myself all weekend.

To make matters worse, these upcoming weeks are going to be my busiest. Today I work a short 3 hour shift, but I need to study during it so I can hopefully take my 100 question exam after it. Also I need to get my dip nails off today for the class. Tomorrow I work a 10 hour shift, and Monday I have a 10 hour ambulance ride clinical. Then tuesday - friday is the actual class, Saturday i work, and Sunday I have a 8 hour clinical at the ED.

Normally, I’d be so excited to be so busy, but right now I can’t handle this. I am going to try to grow from this, and get lost in all the work, and not dwelling on what happened. But personally, dwelling on things and feeling bad for myself for a day or 2 is how I get over things, I just can’t do that right now.

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EMT Class

So summer I decided to take an accelerated EMT class from May 28th to July 13th, Tuesday - Friday, 8am to 5pm. I decided to do this because I have been a CNA for about a year now, and honestly I am ready for a change of pace already. I even considered working at a coffee shop or something not medical related, but I figured because I’m Pre-PA it’d be more beneficial if I got more medical experience. CNA work is great, but I wanted something more fast-paced.

Anyways, It has been pretty brutal at times. I am not a morning person; I used to wake up at noon regularly on weekends. Now I wake up at 6am, leave by 7, and I don’t get home until 5:45pm. I don’t have much free time anymore, considering I have to be in bed by 10 (I take my 8+ hours seriously), read the very long chapters (the textbook is over 1500 pages), practice the many skills, pack my lunch for the next day, exercise, the 100-question exams every weekend, work, etc. It’s rough. I’m also trying to prepare for the tough college classes I’m taking next semester, but I’m mostly going to focus on that after this class.

However, even though right now I’m pretty stressed about passing (the class is $2k) and taking the NERMT, I know if I didn’t do this I would’ve regretted it. I just can’t wait to graduate and work as an ED Tech.

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Welcome To My Page!

My names Jessica and I made this page so I could post about my travels, EMT school, university, food, fitness, minecraft, ariana grande, khalid, goals, etc! If you enjoy any of these things, I’m sure we’ll get along!

I’ve always wanted to make some sort of content, like on Youtube but I hate my voice and I’m very awkward on camera, so at least on here it’s not that bad! lol If people decide to follow and interact with this page, cool! if not, cool! It’s basically going to be an open diary lol