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Rep'd for that one. I understandA girl made me do it. I'll leave it at that.
Rep'd for that one. I understandA girl made me do it. I'll leave it at that.
A girl made me do it. I'll leave it at that.
Any tips?
Looking forward to Rhino's thoughts
Seriously... been putting of med training because I really struggle with this. I can watch horror movies all day long. But if it's the real deal, or anything with 'fixing' broken human body stuff, I tend to get anxious easily... I don't really pass out, but I get all flustered and cannot think straight. Embarrassing to say the least. Any 12 step programs out there or other tips to become less anxious when dealing with all things trauma? Maybe 'think about baseball' or something?
Between those type of websites (rotten, morbid, faces of death) working on a hog farm, watching 10+ childbirths, killing lots of things and making them into food, watching men die, personal injuries and those of others, and having to put down a multitude of animals, I have seen enough to become desensitized to most everything gory or heebee jeebee nut pucker nasty. I've learned that when bad things happen I just REACT and try to make it better. It's instinct.There, unfortunately, are sites such as morbid.com to help desensitize you.
Come ride out on an ambulance. You can experience it and yet be detached from it as it is not associated with someone that you know. We can go through the ER and check stuff out. Honestly, to me the best way to get over it is to put yourself around it. Otherwise you are going to continuously play it in your head that you cannot handle it. As for me though, its vomit. I deal with it every day. I can handle it most of the time. But usually once a week there is someone who vomits and I have to quickly move myself away from it or there is going to be a chain reaction. But hey, if you wanna ride out sometime (Indianapolis) let me know, we can set it up and see how ya do.
My wife hates watching House with me because I'm always sitting there saying "ouch" and wincing.
I pierced mine myself, on my lunch hour. No blood, just lots of sweat, making it difficult to pinch the skin and continue pushing the needle through, and the skin was super tough trying to push out the other side.
But stuff like drawing blood, or arterial spray, and I start focusing on my own heart pumping blood, and it gets louder in my head, and I get weaker in the knees as I feel the pressure of the blood in the veins... grosses me out.
Honestly, I got halfway through, and there was just no turning back at that point. The sweating made it very difficult to pinch the skin in order to continue pushing the needle through. At that point, I was more determined than anything, to finish the job. The pain was mediocre throughout. Likely because I was more focused on finishing. If there had been any major bleeding, I likely would have stopped and/or passed out on the spot lolI frequently did the same thing when I watched t.v. The beginning of the movie face/off made me hyperventilate.
Wow! That took some serious commitment I bet.
Not that I'm any better, but I finally got some basic trauma med training from CavMedic over at Parabellum today.
Great class, learned lots. It's good to know how to actually use a basic kit, and stop the bleeding until the pros arrive.
There were some pretty gruesome images during the pop quiz (how would you handle this scenario), and I didn't pass out! Got a little queasy during the discussions of arterial bleeding, areas arteries run, etc... Something about spurting still gets me anxious.
But I'm one small step closer... At least now I have some idea of what to do... Let's hope I never have to use these newfound skills though!