Worst day of my life
I thought the day I broke up with Lindsey was terrible. Nothing prepares you for what I dealt with today.
The day started as a normal Monday. I felt the urge to call Lindsey all morning, but I knew she was asleep. It was just odd not calling her, thats all. So I do two calls....BS calls basicly. As we are dropping off our second patient we get a call from our supervisor. "You guys are going to end up taking a little boy out of Taylor ER to CHOP ER." We head downstairs to find out what is going on. So you all know, I work as the EMT/Driver for a Critical Care ALS Transport Unit. If someone needs higher medical care than the hospital they are at can give, we take them to the appropriate hospital. So we walk into Taylor Hospitals ER to find utter chaos. Nurses are running everywhere and a ParaMedic comes to us and says "do you guys have pediatric pacer pads?" Pacer pads are used to continue a hearts rhythm....which means the patient is in Cardiac Arrest. We ran out to our truck, grabbed our stuff and rushed into the room. In the room was a 2yr old boy, blue. The boy was found in a pool, and the ER Staff is now working franticly to save the young boy. We hand our stuff off and realize they need our help. Me and my partner (who is a ParaMedic) assisted for 1hour40minutes. The head M.D. at Taylor was continuisly on the phone with CHOP getting orders. There was shit everywhere...the kid had so many units and cc's of meds in him it took 3nurses to keep track of it all. The boy had 2I.V.'s, a cath, a endo tube (down the throat) and a nasal tube. The parents were in and out, crying so hard. Their little boy was dying right there, and it was up to 1 doc, 12 nurses, 3 ParaMedics and 2 EMT's. The doc came in at 12:38P.M. and whispered something to the head nurse. CPR was continued for 2minutes to cox the family out of the room. At 12:40P.M. the young 2yr old boy was pronounced dead. Three nurses broke down into tears right there. Three more left. I threw some things out, and opened the door to the hall of the ER. There were the three nurses, on the floor in tears unable to stand anymore. Mom and Dad were sitting right there with them. As I walked outside I found the other EMT out there. I asked if he was OK, and he said "not really." My partner walked up to him and said "you know it is OK to cry." The EMT said "it just sucks man....it really sucks." He put himself right into my partners arms and cried. I have never seen such a horrible event. And he is right, it does suck. It sucks alot. I can't believe this stuff is happening, but it is. I wish it wasn't. But it is. It has definitely been the worst day of my life today. God, take care of that young boy. Take care of the boys family. They seem to need it alot right now. God Bless.
The day started as a normal Monday. I felt the urge to call Lindsey all morning, but I knew she was asleep. It was just odd not calling her, thats all. So I do two calls....BS calls basicly. As we are dropping off our second patient we get a call from our supervisor. "You guys are going to end up taking a little boy out of Taylor ER to CHOP ER." We head downstairs to find out what is going on. So you all know, I work as the EMT/Driver for a Critical Care ALS Transport Unit. If someone needs higher medical care than the hospital they are at can give, we take them to the appropriate hospital. So we walk into Taylor Hospitals ER to find utter chaos. Nurses are running everywhere and a ParaMedic comes to us and says "do you guys have pediatric pacer pads?" Pacer pads are used to continue a hearts rhythm....which means the patient is in Cardiac Arrest. We ran out to our truck, grabbed our stuff and rushed into the room. In the room was a 2yr old boy, blue. The boy was found in a pool, and the ER Staff is now working franticly to save the young boy. We hand our stuff off and realize they need our help. Me and my partner (who is a ParaMedic) assisted for 1hour40minutes. The head M.D. at Taylor was continuisly on the phone with CHOP getting orders. There was shit everywhere...the kid had so many units and cc's of meds in him it took 3nurses to keep track of it all. The boy had 2I.V.'s, a cath, a endo tube (down the throat) and a nasal tube. The parents were in and out, crying so hard. Their little boy was dying right there, and it was up to 1 doc, 12 nurses, 3 ParaMedics and 2 EMT's. The doc came in at 12:38P.M. and whispered something to the head nurse. CPR was continued for 2minutes to cox the family out of the room. At 12:40P.M. the young 2yr old boy was pronounced dead. Three nurses broke down into tears right there. Three more left. I threw some things out, and opened the door to the hall of the ER. There were the three nurses, on the floor in tears unable to stand anymore. Mom and Dad were sitting right there with them. As I walked outside I found the other EMT out there. I asked if he was OK, and he said "not really." My partner walked up to him and said "you know it is OK to cry." The EMT said "it just sucks man....it really sucks." He put himself right into my partners arms and cried. I have never seen such a horrible event. And he is right, it does suck. It sucks alot. I can't believe this stuff is happening, but it is. I wish it wasn't. But it is. It has definitely been the worst day of my life today. God, take care of that young boy. Take care of the boys family. They seem to need it alot right now. God Bless.