u/aerxndight

I’m currently a paramedic student and am very close to graduating. All i have left to do are my ride time hours as team lead and wanted some advice

It doesn’t matter what kind of call we get i just get so nervous. I feel so green and obviously i am but thankfully my nervousness has never interfered with the care i give to a pt, that being said does anyone have any advice on how not to feel like a complete imposter and nervous mess on these calls?

I’m not a genius by any means but i definitely know my stuff enough to have made it this far. For some reason though the second we get a call i just go blank for a second. My background before medic was basically all IFT so i haven’t seen as many pathologies in the field like my classmates have so that might be weighing into my anxiety.

I also just tend to dwell on the stupid things i miss that you definitely shouldn’t like for example we responded to a fall and i didn’t even remember to put a c-collar on the pt, which yes i know, very dumb even though the pt was fine and even my preceptor told me not to beat myself up about it, but obviously I feel like a jackass so feel free to let me have it

If you read all of this thank you for taking the time

Hello,

I’m currently a paramedic student and have about 3 months of class time left then we get sent off to finish student led ride time.

I’m feeling a bit more confident with every call and my preceptors aren’t interfering with my calls at all unless of course it’s absolutely necessary, which i like because it forces me to take charge.

With that said, in all my clinical hours and preceptor-led ride time included i haven’t gotten any super high acuity calls and am super anxious about my first one. I’ve never worked a code or been to any trauma calls either. I was just wondering if you guys have any advice on how to prepare for my first one.

We do high fidelity sims during class time which are super helpful but i can’t help but feel like i’ll freeze up when i need to make tough decisions.

If you read any of this i appreciate you!