Emergency! Chicago Fire. Sirens. Bringing out the Dead.
These are just a handful of the EMS shows and flicks we’ve all fallen prey to watching. While entertaining, they also have their teaching-moment downfalls.
We asked our fans on Facebook to share some inaccuracies they’ve seen while watching a TV show or movie about EMTs and paramedics. Here are some of their responses.
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1. “Disregard scene safety, just run in!” — Ana Silva
2. “Traffic always gives emergency vehicles the right of way.” — Michelle Battey
3. “Screw c-spine. Just get that guy in the truck!” — Kory Smith
4. “Yelling ‘C’mon!’ or ‘Stay with me!’ always brings the patient back to life.’ — Georgie Pirie
5. “All EMS workers are thing and neat.” — Amanda Barber
6. “CPR is only performed for a few seconds before you dramatically say, ‘We lost em.’” — Jessica Byrd
7. “That doctors wait outside the hospital in the rain for the ambulance to arrive, and help move the patient from the ambulance stretcher to the hospital stretcher.” — Kathy Merchant-Kliwinski
8. “The great pay. Everyone lives in a beautiful home and never stresses over which bills to pay.” — Michael Reigner
9. “That you can shock asystole and bring someone back.” — Chelsea Taylor
10. “We get to sit down and eat meals like normal people. We never get splattered with blood, puke, urine or feces.” — Bob McGee
