What Is Essential On Your Ambulance?
May 29th, 2008I am notorious for carrying nothing on my person except for a pen when I go to work. So many people at my job feel it’s necessary to carry trauma shears, tape, bandage scissors, a pager, a cell phone, a wallet, a stethoscope, and other garbage on calls. I can only attribute it to a lack of confidence. If your “jump bag” or whatever you want to call it doesn’t have what you need inside of it, why even bother having one?
I go through my bag each morning, so if I ever need a piece of equipment, I can reach for it, without having to carry it on me for 24 hours. I have never been in a situation where I’ve needed something that I didn’t have with me on a call an couldn’t find an alternative.
Pens seem to materialze out of nowhere when I need one. The only thing I really can’t forget on a call is my glasses, because I can’t read house numbers at all without them anymore. And I can’t afford Lasik on an EMS budget.
