Lessons I Have Learned … Some of Them the Hard Way

Lessons I Have Learned … Some of Them the Hard Way

Bill Locke EMS I/C - RetiredBill Locke EMS I/C - Retired

Never say “It sure has been quiet”

The full moon really doesn’t make a

difference

Chocolate IS a food group

GOMER is not a diagnosis

Reproduction should require a license

The gene pool could use some chlorine …

maybe

We are born naked, wet and hungry …

and then things get worse

The more equipment on an EMTs belt, the

newer the EMT

You’re unique … just like everyone else

EMTs really ARE different

If the patient looks sick, the patient is

sick

If a child is quiet … worry

Most patients survive, no matter what we do

Some patients die no matter what we do

The patient who is awake is NOT in v-fib,

no matter what the monitor says

Remember … your ambulance was built

by the low bidder

Regardless of the politics, the door goes

up

EMT courses do not graduate future

paramedics

Training is learning the rules …

experience is learning the exceptions

There is no such thing as a textbook case

Avoid any edible item prepared by a fire

fighter

Never assume your rig, jump kit or airway bag is fully stocked

Murphy was an optimist

Darwin was right … evolution happens

slowly

Caution! Zebras crossing

Adapt, improvise or overcome … but

never give up

Always act in the Patient’s best interest