I have a question for those of you that are EMT's or volunteer firefighters.

Mattie G Indahouse · May 19, 2015, 06:21:29 PM

How do you handle seeing people dying on you or coming to scenes where the person is already dead or there's no hope at all? I was wondering because today at work I looked up and I seen one of our workers getting CPR preformed on him. The guy ended up having it done for about an hour before the EMT's decided he was gone.He ended up having a heart attack and to make it even worse he might have been left up there for about 20 minutes before people checked out what was going on. So I was just wondering how you people handle coming to a scene trying to revive someone and having it ended up being pointless.

Kitsune 狐 · May 19, 2015, 06:25:25 PM

My aunt was an EMT for about a decade and she said that the first ten times it's really emotionally impacting, but that after time you become emotionally numb to other's deaths. That's why she retired. She didn't want to be emotionally numb to other's deaths, and said it was an inhuman feeling.

Mattie G Indahouse · May 19, 2015, 06:26:15 PM

Quote from: Kitsunekun on May 19, 2015, 06:25:25 PM

My aunt was an EMT for about a decade and she said that the first ten times it's really emotionally impacting, but that after time you become emotionally numb to other's deaths. That's why she retired. She didn't want to be emotionally numb to other's deaths, and said it was an inhuman feeling.

Did you tell her to

?

aREALgod · May 19, 2015, 06:31:05 PM

I so far haven't had to deal with a patient passing yet, but I have dealt with seeing two of my relatives pass away in person. Given how hard those were, I feel when the inevitable comes and a patient dies during the call or transport, it may be easier to deal with, as cold as that sounds. But until it happens I'm not sure how I'll actually deal with it. A patient's death may be as hard as my relatives for all I know, but I spose' it depends on the person. It's going to happen, so it's something I'm ready to accept as part of the job. Likely put on the best game face, act professional, and wait to let it all out during a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, if one is needed.

Kitsune 狐 · May 19, 2015, 06:34:15 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 19, 2015, 06:26:15 PM

Quote from: Kitsunekun on May 19, 2015, 06:25:25 PM
My aunt was an EMT for about a decade and she said that the first ten times it's really emotionally impacting, but that after time you become emotionally numb to other's deaths. That's why she retired. She didn't want to be emotionally numb to other's deaths, and said it was an inhuman feeling.
Did you tell her to
?

Nah she just did

Spoiler

aREALgod · May 19, 2015, 06:40:54 PM

Quote from: Kitsunekun on May 19, 2015, 06:34:15 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 19, 2015, 06:26:15 PM
Quote from: Kitsunekun on May 19, 2015, 06:25:25 PM
My aunt was an EMT for about a decade and she said that the first ten times it's really emotionally impacting, but that after time you become emotionally numb to other's deaths. That's why she retired. She didn't want to be emotionally numb to other's deaths, and said it was an inhuman feeling.
Did you tell her to
?

Nah she just did

Spoiler

Spoiler

tfw

aREALgod · May 19, 2015, 06:50:23 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 19, 2015, 06:21:29 PM

How do you handle seeing people dying on you or coming to scenes where the person is already dead or there's no hope at all? I was wondering because today at work I looked up and I seen one of our workers getting CPR preformed on him. The guy ended up having it done for about an hour before the EMT's decided he was gone.He ended up having a heart attack and to make it even worse he might have been left up there for about 20 minutes before people checked out what was going on. So I was just wondering how you people handle coming to a scene trying to revive someone and having it ended up being pointless.

Forgot to ask, they worked him for an hour? That's pretty long to be on scene...

Mattie G Indahouse · May 19, 2015, 06:56:20 PM

Quote from: aTALLmidget on May 19, 2015, 06:50:23 PM

Quote from: BerzerkCommando on May 19, 2015, 06:21:29 PM
How do you handle seeing people dying on you or coming to scenes where the person is already dead or there's no hope at all? I was wondering because today at work I looked up and I seen one of our workers getting CPR preformed on him. The guy ended up having it done for about an hour before the EMT's decided he was gone.He ended up having a heart attack and to make it even worse he might have been left up there for about 20 minutes before people checked out what was going on. So I was just wondering how you people handle coming to a scene trying to revive someone and having it ended up being pointless.

Forgot to ask, they worked him for an hour? That's pretty long to be on scene...

Before they got to him there were workers preforming it on him and then when the EMT's came they took over.