I'm kind of freaking out

[ilovelamp]

I may DD this later because DH doesn't like me leaving up stuff about him online.

DH is in Paramedic/Firefighting school. He graduates and tests for the medic portion this December after a year of classes and lots of clinicals. Then in January he can start the fire academy. He will be done with both in March and can start his career.

He went to his L&D portion of clinicals today and got lost downtown. This hospital is huge and takes up blocks and blocks with different buildings and clinics. He asked some resident doctors where L&D was and they laughed at him and gave him wrong directions. He was already 45 minutes late, no idea where to go, frustrated and decided it was best to leave and make up his day.

Turns out this was the only day for this clinical. He called his clinical coordinator and he said he isn't sure if they can let him make it up. If he isn't allowed to he can't graduate. DH is so upset. He knows this is his fault and is really bummed. I'm freaking out but trying to remain optimistic for him. I am praying they let him make it up.

[ilovelamp]

And to make matters worse, DH is the biggest dramatic over reactor of all time. Seriously. I love him, but it is a major downfall of his.

[Deleted]

You're a better wife than I am if you are managing to put on a cheerful/optimistic face about this. My immediate reactions would have been questions like: Who doesn't plan ahead to find out where to park and which entrance/area to go to? Who decides to leave without making contact? There must be service desks that would have been more appropriate places to ask for directions than doctors who probably operate in/know a small part of the hospital.

I hope things work out for you guys.

[angelaa73]

I'd hate to have that guy responding to my heart attack! What if he can't find my house!?

[ohiowan]

Can he take it elsewhere and have the credit transferred?

[ilovelamp]

Oct 1, 2013 17:14:50 GMT -5 angelaa73 said:

I'd hate to have that guy responding to my heart attack! What if he can't find my house!?

I probably shouldn't have laughed as hard as I did at this.

[ilovelamp]

I was very perplexed when he told me. The same questions ran through my head: why wouldn't you ask the help desk, it's better showing up late than not going at all!

He is going to offer to make it up on his own time, possibly at another site. We should know by tomorrow what is going to happen.

[snickers]

That sucks, he obviously should have planned things better. I hope they can allow him to make it up, and he plans better from now on.

[wildfloweragain]

You don't get to leave and come back to a house fire another day because it is too stressful and you can't find your way. I hope he is not going to be a firefighter with my DH or he gets a LOT more training.

It's not what you came here for, but he sounds like he is in the wrong line of work. If that is the case they will be very rough on him at the academy.

[auntie]

I hope they can arrange a makeup session for him. I can't believe a single day of L&D clinicals is all he gets.

One of DS's fellow scouts did his EMT, Fire Fighter and Public Safety training via the local tech school- he's in a nursing program now. He accidently reported to the wrong hospital and worked for almost a week before the training coordinator at the hospital he was supposed to report to contacted his instructors looking for him. He passed. And won some award for a high score.

[ilovelamp]

Oct 1, 2013 17:27:38 GMT -5 wildfloweragain said:

You don't get to leave and come back to a house fire another day because it is too stressful and you can't find your way. I hope he is not going to be a firefighter with my DH or he gets a LOT more training.

It's not what you came here for, but he sounds like he is in the wrong line of work. If that is the case they will be very rough on him at the academy.

While I agree that he didn't handle it right, his school is very laid back about clinicals. You can miss up to five and make them up. This was his second all year and he thought there were other days that he could make it up. Turns out this was the only day for L&D.

[ilovelamp]

Oct 1, 2013 17:28:06 GMT -5 auntie said:

I hope they can arrange a makeup session for him. I can't believe a single day of L&D clinicals is all he gets.

One of DS's fellow scouts did his EMT, Fire Fighter and Public Safety training via the local tech school- he's in a nursing program now. He accidently reported to the wrong hospital and worked for almost a week before the training coordinator at the hospital he was supposed to report to contacted his instructors looking for him. He passed. And won some award for a high score.

Omg can you imagine how embarrassed you would be?! Lol. Sometimes we just have moments.

[awick14]

Oct 1, 2013 17:28:06 GMT -5 auntie said:

I hope they can arrange a makeup session for him. I can't believe a single day of L&D clinicals is all he gets.

At least he gets one. I am an EMT and I never got a day in L&D, only classroom training.

Op: I hope things work out for YH.

[studytime45]

Wait, he was already at the hospital but he was so frustrated he... left?

I'm not saying you should do this, but I would be seriously panicking about being married to someone with little sense of responsibility. Seemingly minute things like that really make my anxiety soar.