Ambulance Driver Files A Day in the Life | Kelly Grayson
Ambulance Driver: “So, did you feel it?”
Kelso: “Feel what?”
AD: “That guy’s hernia. It was incarcerated. You didn’t notice how hard and inflamed it was?”
Kelso (uncomfortably) : “Well, I saw you assess him. I’ll take your word for it.”
AD: “Geez, what are they teaching you kids these days? Don’t you even do your own assessments? One day you’ll be evaluating someone with a hernia, and it’d be helpful if you knew the difference between a simple, reducible hernia and one that’s incarcerated and necrotic.”
Kelso: “Ummmm…”
AD: “My advice is to march your ass back into that triage room, and palpate that guy’s junk thoroughly. That’s the only way you’re gonna learn.”
Kelso: “I would, but that violates EMS Rule #4: Handle no one’s genitalia but your own. You taught me that one yourself.”
AD: “You are indeed growing wise, young Padawan.
Kelso: “So why did you handle his junk?”
AD: “Because I didn’t have a seasoned partner to teach me the rules before I fondled my first patient. Once you’ve crossed that particular barrier, there’s no going back.”