From Nicholas Veniamin:
Forwarded to me by an anonymous paramedic who wishes me to share their message to you patriots.
“I am a paramedic I don't know you and you don't know me But I chose to be what I am... I wanted to help. I will come if you call
My role is to help you. To act in YOUR best interest. "Primum non nocere" That means "First, do no harm" That is my oath.
Many of my brother's and sisters who chose this role have forgotten our oath. Some have sadly never learnt it. Doctors take their own oath...but the rest us, paramedics, nurses, HCAs, technicians, physio's, etc are also bound morally to ours.
Something bad has happened. Something really bad. We have done something bad.
I will not be at peace ever if I don't speak now. We have broken our oath to you... "Trust Policy" These words are an evil. They are a curse, a spell, a hex, a tool of sinister intent and blackmail.
I'll explain why.
We have been fooled...the worst kind of trickery. They have slowly but surely trained us away from compassion, away from empathy, away from integrity and instead they have led and trained us into fear and submission.
There is no longer any training of positivity or kindness. It's all clinical, all cold, all policy driven and fear motivated. This transfers onto our patients, the vulnerable we chose to care for.
Every single day I take my poorly people to hospital I witness them being stripped of their human rights... Nurses are not gaining consent anymore. Stop and let that resonate.....
Nurses have STOPPED gaining consent!!!!!!!
Every single day I witness a nurse say "I need to swab you" and then literally shove a swab up the person's nasal cavities!
THIS IS NOT CONSENT!!!! THIS IS ABUSE!!!!
How the fuck are they getting away with this you say??? I'll tell you.... They say a spell. "Trust policy states...." And boom! You're gone!
If the person wishes to have this procedure then they should make an informed decision and give consent. They should then take the swab from the nurse or HCA or doctor and do it THEMSELVES!
I took an elderly lady into A&E...she was having a TIA/mini stroke. Her speech was altered but her mind was clear. The TIA was clearly resolving. As I was verbally handing over to the doctor a nurse came at her and states "I need to swab you" she then shoved away!
My lady jerked her head back and stared in horror as the nurse walked off....the nurse hurt her, the nurse did not gain consent.
My heart broke and I felt like shit. The lady looked at me and two big tears fell.
I'm not doing this anymore.
I have been a part of this... ignorantly but still a part of it, believing I was doing the right thing following "Trust policy"
Let me tell you all...
Your body is yours alone No doctor no nurse no paramedic no health care worker has rights to your body. Consent must be gained. Your consent. Anything else is false.
We cannot hold you hostage to the curse "Trust policy" unless you consent! We can't do that shit! But we are.
Because you are allowing it.
Please stop it. Please please please. Take back your consent. Take back your power. If something feels wrong there's a reason why. Trust yourself. Stop believing the lies.
If you need to go to hospital and refuse to be swabbed then do you really believe they can refuse you treatment??????
I'm sorry I was ever a part of this.. Truly deeply sorry.. I will protect as many of you as I can I promise. But please share the truth xx
All my love and light
Me, the people's paramedic x”
I was in the hospital for months several years ago- rendered a paraplegic after a surgery that caused an unnoticed blood clot to form in my spinal column compressing my cord causing a spinal cord injury. They treat you more like a criminal than a patient. I have stories that are just about unbelievable. They have you and they know it. I was abused by PT, I was mocked by nurses assistants, I was manhandled by nurses and doctors. My first night on the the regular floor after being in the Neuro ICU for 3 weeks, two CNAs (cert nursing assistant) came in my room and asked me if I could use the bathroom by myself, I said no I needed help with a bedside commode bc I was paralyzed. I looked pretty normal I was only like 38 and in good shape. They looked at me and said “you’re too heavy we won’t be able to lift you”. I tried to explain that I didn’t have a choice - I was Paralyzed... also I’m a woman so I wasn’t that heavy. I guess they just expected me to mess myself. I eventually told my doc and he lit them up but it didn’t matter. I had a nurse doing rounds in the middle of the night crack open my door and shine a flashlight- a led flashlight directly in my face -it was like 3am! I was soooooo uncomfortable and any few minutes of sleep I could get before they came in to draw labs or turn me were a blessing without some yay-hoo shining a freaking light in your face. I yelled at her, I told her that I was not some prison inmate and to NEVER do that to me again. I was always as nice as possible to everyone, I’m no dummy, but still they treat you awful. After a few nights my doc had me moved to a different hall that was a lot better but still fairly awful. Then when I was transferred to an inpatient rehab hospital they were pretty bad too! They really treat you like a prisoner, they would tell you that they could kick you out of their “program” whenever you didn’t live up to any of their expectations because there were plenty people waiting to get in to take your spot. It was so defeating and frustrating but I didn’t let it get me down I know that you have to be your own advocate and hold to your guns. I was nurse a long time ago so I have a pretty good idea of what’s going on in the hospital, sometimes I wonder if that’s a blessing or a curse. I do however know that in our training, the dignity of the patient was so important it was hammered into us that we were that patient’s advocate, we were there to look out for them, that they were listened to, treated well, we were to make sure their diet was right, their meds were correct, their labs were the right ones ordered by the doc. It was a big responsibility and your motivation was because of the sanctity of human life the dignity of each person. I don’t think it’s imparted like that so much anymore.
Oh sweetie,I'm so sorry. I'm just a step below your experience. I'm not paralyzed but in constant and extreme pain due to something effing up my spinal cord causing injury.
I'm mocked ruthlessly because along with that, I also have severe endometriosis to the point where organs actually stick together and then whenever I move, they peel apart from each other. It's essentially like having your legs stick to your seat on a hot summer day, and then you stand up. Just like that. Except on my insides.
Women health professionals are the absolute worst. I have been sexually assaulted by the male staff, which is completely inexcusable, but the women are the ones I fear. And I am deathly afraid. They are going to end up doing something that kills me.
Edit to add: I was 38 when this all came to a head as well... Interesting.
I will pray for you, stay strong
Thank you ?, you’re very sweet. I’m sorry you have so much pain nerve pain is terrible. I had adenomyosis which is where it’s just in the uterine wall but horribly painful. I had a hysterectomy bout 7-8 years ago and thank the Lord that worked. I am sorry you have been so badly treated also. It’s a real kick in the teeth to be humbled so low sometimes. It can really be such a catch 22 because you’re afraid of retaliation if you say anything. Also when you are really sick it’s not so easy to just say- “eh I’m going to another hospital where they’ll treat me better!” Insurance might never cover it it you switch and it’s just not possible most of the time without effecting your health or being dangerous. And there’s no guarantee you’d get any better treatment somewhere else Sometimes you just have to hold on for the night shift because they are better. We need to be more in charge with medical professionals though for sure. I’m raising my daughter to trust that she is indeed smart enough and will always be smart enough to be in charge of her own body and health and it doesn’t matter if someone is a doctor or not it’s okay to think for yourself do your own research and tell them when they are wrong. To remember they aren’t deity, they aren’t infallible. Lord knows she’s seen already with me that doctors don’t know it all and make plenty of mistakes.
I hate so much that we know each other's pain so intimately. Hugs, fren.
And it is such a catch-22! I could get a hystorectomy, but with the endo all over, I'm afraid that my care would decrease exponentially. Endo is a "uterine" disease, and if I don't have a uterus, why would my gyn continue to treat it? And a GI doc has no experience with Endo because it's not a GI disease, so even though that's where the disease physically presents itself, they just simply wouldn't touch it.
I've been treated like a criminal with this disease for practically my whole life. That I'm lying, or that I'm making it up, or that I'm just looking to score some drugs. I'm currently at the continued mercy of the pain clinic, that I had to sign a contract for, which means that if I don't completely "toe the line" that they can discharge me, and then good luck finding another.
It's just so... hard. It's hard. And I'm so tired.
Hopeful for this upcoming generation of women to be able to be their own advocate in a way that I never knew I needed.
I will pray for you, stay strong
Yes fren! ? hugs! I’m right there with you with the pain mgmt doc. That situation makes me so mad I wanna spit nails. It’s disgusting what they have done to people in this country, the license they have over us is criminal in my opinion. We just have to take it or be in excruciating pain, ya know. ?. I hear ya with the endo- it’s one of those conditions that docs can’t really do much about and usually know even less about so they aren’t real eager to help. Historically getting a hysterectomy doesn’t really help much with the pain of adhesions since it’s outside of the uterus. Hang in there don’t get too discouraged, you’ll be in my prayers. I would have never made it this far without Jesus and my family. Keep checking because medicine changes at the speed of light there is probably a treatment or cure on the horizon (there are lots of good people in medicine who do want to help people). Women’s health is actually a fairly new thing in medicine and you would not believe how many women suffer out there like you. Keep up with it, keep looking into specialist when you can because it will change.