Stephanie Mayor

Complex Care

2-27-2019

AMR Experience

“You’re not like, some big black cloud of death, are you?” Believe it or not, this

is, in fact, how my experience began. Evidently, that’s what the EMT thought when he

looked at me for the first time…

The night was pretty slow but our first call was a 72 year old female calling

because of a wound on her leg that was causing her pain. We got to the apartment

building and found the woman laying in a chair with her legs elevated and a circular

wound about 8mm around on her calf. The room was black and necrotic and seeping.

When John, the paramedic, asked when the would happened, she said 2 weeks ago.

Upon arrival, we also learned that she had a black eye, a black forehead, and a broken

wrist. She lived with her husband and suspected abuse. Vitals stable all the way to St.

Elizabeth’s Boardman.

The next run was a 13 year old boy who lives in a group home. When we arrived,

the cops had come as well, and we learned that he was threatening SI and attempting

to cut his wrists. He has a history of self abuse. The group home kicked him out

because he put a hole in the door and suggested he go to Belmont Pines after the

hospital. Vital signs stable and we took him to Akron Children’s ER without him saying

a single word. He moved really slow and had to deliberate all his movements, and high

functioning Autism was suspected.

 The last run we went on was for a car accident, so it was pretty cool to have the

lights and sirens on. We got to the scene to find one car untouched and a middle aged

couple. Patient requested a neck brace and a ride to the hospital. We ended up taking

a 58 year old male with a neck injury to Youngstown St. Elizabeth’s. Patient claimed he

was in the backseat and wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. Vital signs were

stable but a lot of grunting came from the patient and he was grimacing the whole way

to the hospital. The other passenger in the car was on Facebook when we arrived and

stated she was fine to get to the hospital driving.

Overall, I liked it! It was kind of boring sitting around but the calls were fun. I

thought the process was really neat and I enjoyed getting to talk to the paramedics and

EMTs. Both of whom, said some days are like that and some days are nonstop, which I

assumed. One thing I found interesting was how they have their own documenting

system and how they write their own report that doesn’t get to the hospital until up to

24 hours later.