A dream being achieved

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Ariane Lamoureux

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Word count: 646

Choice count: 28

Section count: 18

Image count: 18

Error count: 11

Field Related Analysis:

Prehospital Emergency Care : 17 matches (accident, ambulance, emergency, paramedic, patient, adrenaline, asystole, dyspnea, hemorrhage, intervention, partner, salbutamol, steel toe boots, stethoscope, trainee, review, injured)

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 13 matches (accident, blood, close, death, driver, intervention, minutes, misconduct, priority, Rules, surprise, trust, young)

Computer Science : 13 matches (call, choice, clear, close, emergency, monitor, Pick, priority, recognize, review, safety, shift, supervisor)

Target Structure:

come in handy (1 match)

dead-end job (1 match)

intern (1 match)

internship (1 match)

lack of (1 match)

misconduct (1 match)

OJT (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

straight A's (1 match)

trainee (1 match)

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A dream being achieved

First day.

You received your diploma and finished the OJT (on-the-job-training) with straight A's. It is now your first day as a real paramedic.Your alarm rings, what's your next move?

Choice 1 : Close your eyes for 2 minutes

Choice 2 : Get up for your first day

Alarm clock

Oops!

You're getting late. If you want to be on time, you must grab your stuff fast.

Choice 1 : Steel toe boots

Choice 2 : Stethoscope

Choice 3 : Back.

Late

Right on time!

You get to your first day on time. Your supervisor welcomes you and ask you to choose a partner for the day.

Choice 1 : The rookie

Choice 2 : The experienced one

Choice 3 : Back.

Partner

Steel toe boots.

You pick the steel toe boots because safety is important. Your supervisor introduces you to your new partner. How do you want to start your shift?

Choice 1 : Driver.

Choice 2 : Passenger.

steel toe boots

Stethoscope.

You pick your stethoscope because you remember having an old pair of boots in your locker. Your supervisor introduces you to your new partner. How do you want to start your shift?

Choice 1 : Driver.

Choice 2 : Passenger.

stethoscope

Rookie.

You are surprised to see that your partner didn't show up. She might have stayed in bed too long. Your supervisor sends you back home and ask you to come back tomorrow.

Choice 1 : Go home.

home

The experienced one.

Your new partner made his rules clear. You think you made the wrong choice. The day will be long with and old grump.

Choice 1 : Follow his rules.

Choice 2 : Be stubborn.

grumpy man

Drive.

You decided to drive the ambulance. Young recruit, you are. It's your lucky day, you received a call for a priority 1. You must go with the emergency lights and sirens on.

Choice 1 : Emergency lights and sirens.

Choice 2 : Drive slowly without emergency lights and sirens.

Ambulance

Passenger.

You arrive at the intervention right on time. As you observe your patient, you can detect a dyspnea.

Choice 1 : Salbutamol.

lungs

Passenger.

You have the surprise to see an unstable patient. You need to evacuate quickly!

Choice 1 : Take the stairs.

stairs

Emergency lights and sirens.

You choose to put the emergency lights and the sirens on. Unfortunately, you don't have enough experience and as the adrenaline kicked in, you caused an accident.

Choice 1 : You failed.

ambulance

Non-emergency.

You did not drive fast enough. It took 32 minutes instead of 7 minutes.You plug the monitor and see an asystole. You know you provoked the death of your patient.

Choice 1 : Quit the dream job for a dead-end job

death

Bad luck.

You forgot your stethoscope at home as you woke up late. You can't administrate salbutamol without auscultate.

Choice 1 : You failed.

stetho

Bad luck.

You take the stairs but you didn't have your steel toe boots. You slip and drop the patient. Everybody involved are injured.

Choice 1 : You failed.

Falling

Follow his rules.

Even if you are not a trainee anymore, you feel that your partner rules might come in handy. And you were right.

Choice 1 : Congratulations. You made the right choice. Your day went very well.

confetti

Be stubborn.

You decide that your are not an intern anymore and you can do what you want. You see blood for the first time and freeze.

Choice 1 : Ask for help

Choice 2 : Try your best

blood

Asking for help.

You realize your misconduct and apologize to him. You recognize your lack of exposition in your internship. He is mad that you didn't trust him. He will not make a good review of you.

Choice 1 : Being stubborn didn't help you. You failed.

help

Trying your best.

You tried to control the hemorrhage but failed. You didn't ask for help and your patient is deteriorating.

Choice 1 : You failed.

hemorrhage