Deadly Oversights: 48 Critical Errors First Responders Urge EMTs and Civilians to Avoid
Actively trying to sign people off (see above).
Rushing. We’re not in school trying to beat a sheet on a timer. Drive slower. Handle patients gently. Do procedures properly. Actually pay attention when you’re assessing and listen when you’re asking questions.
As a relatively new paramedic myself, the biggest mistake I made was not asking experienced medics enough questions, I thought I’d be looked down on if I didn’t know everything. As others have said early burnout is super common, we have students saying they only want to work in the county because they don’t wanna do calls. 6 months I was working with someone I got hired with and they refused to do a call because we “only” had an hour and a half left in our shift and made a crew that had been getting screwed all day with no lunch breaks go. When I started I always tried to work at the busiest stations so I could expose myself to the most calls and become more comfortable which really helped me develop my own routine on calls. One of the best things you can do as a student/new paramedic is realize you don’t know everything, accept worry feedback and use it to improve.
Don’t leave peoples cannula hooked to the trucks O2 when pulling them out….
Lying.
If you don’t know, you don’t know. And you should say so.
Don’t know what the BP is? Don’t lie.
Don’t know where something on the truck is? Don’t lie.
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