http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/05/28/mothers-new-little-helper/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:09:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/05/28/mothers-new-little-helper/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 Melissa Thu, 29 May 2008 13:58:46 +0000 http://www.idivamemphis.com/2008/05/28/mothers-new-little-helper/#comment-3819 A disaster in the making! I'd rather tell a child "Here's a lollipop. It will help you forget about the pain because it gives your brain something else to think about." Most children will believe what I say, and I haven't misrepresented anything. Thinking that there is a pill to make everything better intimates that nothing in life should ever be painful and when the child figures out that's a big fat lie, then you become the liar. One of the first lessons taught EMTs is that you NEVER lie to the patient; when you lose the patient's trust, you might as well just go home, you are so useless. I never want to be useless to children who might count on me. A disaster in the making! I’d rather tell a child “Here’s a lollipop. It will help you forget about the pain because it gives your brain something else to think about.” Most children will believe what I say, and I haven’t misrepresented anything.
Thinking that there is a pill to make everything better intimates that nothing in life should ever be painful and when the child figures out that’s a big fat lie, then you become the liar.
One of the first lessons taught EMTs is that you NEVER lie to the patient; when you lose the patient’s trust, you might as well just go home, you are so useless.
I never want to be useless to children who might count on me.

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