Quality vs Quantity

This last shift we had this elderly woman had a vasovagal syncopal episode while going to the bathroom. She also had incredibly overgrown toenails. So that while I was walking her to the stretcher and she had another syncopal episode and snapped her great toe nail off. The paramedic couldn't find a vein to stick,(her arms felt like bags of water absolutly no veins just hematoma after hematoma) her to get blood or to even give any fluids to help raise her blood pressure so she would stop fainting. She did not really want to go to the hospital and probably wouldn't have if it was not for her daughter.  Oh and like most fainting patients she did not believe that she had fainted and was quite sure of herself, Sorry little side vent there it just suprisses me everytime that people expect to remeber themselves fainting. Anyways this patient reminded me about my mortality, which I don't reflect on often even in this field its hard to feel that way about your self especially at my age. Sorry about not having a post for last week didnt have a shift  but I am doing 3, 12hr shifts sat sun and mon this week so I will catch up.