So, tuesday night at work I experienced my ACTUAL first code. I have been there to help out with other codes, but all the other codes had never been on my actual patient. Tuesday night it was my patient. My patient, the person I'm supposed to help get better, let alone keep alive. Of course like they all say, everything happen so fast-- and I will skip the details & just tell you there is a happy ending. My patient did get a pulse back was sent to the ICU unit & that I know of is still alive. I think the hardest part, the part that kept me up when I was trying to sleep is that I kept wondering if I could have done something sooner, something different that would have lead to another result. One where my patient didnt have to go through the code in order to live. I understand this is part of my job criteria, and it was a complete adrenaline rush for me because of the intensity of the situation-- But it could have had a completely different ending & one day that will happen. The patient wont make it through even when we do everything we can. All I can say is Im just glad that this time it wasnt a bad ending.
On to a completely different topic, I just say a General Insurance commercial (you know the one, with the cartoon army general), well it got me thinking all this commercials is getting at- is if you have bad credit dont worry the general can take care of you. But isnt the point of having bad credit is that you have repercussions for your actions (aka bad credit) and have to pay more/be penalized. It made me realize that America has become this little push over. We are doing everything to make things easier for people's lives-- when really if they did the right thing and we good people they wouldnt need short cuts & ways to get out of the bad predicament. Egh, this might not really make sense-- or I could not be explaining myself appropriately but it all makes sense in my head. America saw a chance to make $$ on those that need to get out of a bad predicament so they make this company that can help those people in their bad predicament as long as they pay more $$$, but yet it just tells people its okay to do bad things because as long as you have enough $$ you wont have to pay the consequences.
This just makes me think of the Casey Anthony case-- and that just makes my blood boil. So on to a happier note; I'm going to make banana bread, get ready for dinner with my grandparents, and take my sweet little puppy for a walk! Oh, how I love her!!!! :)
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