tell me the story
2006-07-26 17:10:27 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Aww chapaton, you did CPR. But you didn't lose someone. Remember you're just a nurse, you take orders in order to do anything. You went home and cried? Then you're in the wrong business. People die, it's sad, but a fact of life. If you're taking your work home with you and letting it affect you, then you're not a professional.
I've done CPR plenty of times working as a Paramedic. It's physically exhausting after long periods of time, and emotionally draining as well. But it's not something that should make you go home and boo hoo every time.
2006-07-26 20:09:10 · answer #1 · answered by Josh R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just had to perform CPR yesterday, as part of my duties as a paramedic. Unfortunately, the patient's heart was in a lethal rhythm; we tried, but counldn't bring the patient back. I didn't think I would be this sore, though. I woke up this morning, and could barely move my arms. It turns out that CPR is a whole lot of work!
2006-07-28 02:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have done CPR. I have a bunch of stories, and won't spend time telling them all. And there is nothing wrong with crying when you get home. Holding emotions in is how people working in medicine burn out. You need to stay composed and professional while at work. And lets not forget that those people how are "just" nurses go through more training than us paramedics.
2006-07-27 02:45:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've performed it many times.
Mostly in the ICU.
I've lost some, and saved some.
I've broken the fragile's ribs... and felt broken ones from collagues...
I explain all this to families when assessing code status.
It is lifesaving, yet dangerous to already frail patients.
It is difficult to do when the patient looks deceased, but yet is full code, and you do CPR for over 40 min.
I am an instructor of CPR, and this year I have done it quite a few times....
It still makes me go home and cry when we lose one....
Even if I had never met the patient before...
That's how attached we get to our patients....
2006-07-26 17:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by PreviouslyChap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a bad asthma attack and stopped breathing. My husband performed CPR on me until the parmedics came. Without it I probably wouldn't be here today.
2006-07-26 17:17:21 · answer #5 · answered by T J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chapaton: Thanks for making a difference in this world. :)
The only story I heard about CPR was the time a nurse stopped on the side of a road to help an injured accident victim who was near death and she broke a rib and the guy lived to sue her. Go figure.
2006-07-27 19:59:56 · answer #6 · answered by Lake Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was on a ship (Navy) and a guy I worked with got electricuted. I had to give him CPR till the medics got there. He got shocked so bad he lost six of his toes. (they exploded.)
2006-07-26 17:15:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Performed it many times, on the ambulance.
2006-07-28 13:19:14 · answer #8 · answered by emmadropit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
their was a car accident in front of our home and i had just learned cpr and used it on the driver of the car and he made it and also on my daugther she was a baby and she started chocking and i used it and saved her life.
2006-07-26 17:14:09 · answer #9 · answered by LENORE P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took a class....thats all
2006-07-30 10:31:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋