Dispatch
962 (MVA) Motorcycle.
57 yr old Male
Unconscious, snoring resperations.
Approx 8.7 miles away, a man on a dirtbike will guide you in.
You are on the first arriving unit an ambo with 1 emt and 1 medic.
The next arriving units are 5-10 miles behind you and will most likely have access issues. You take a dirt gas-line road approx 4 miles where you find the patient. You will be alone for around 20 minutes. Helicopter has a 20 min eta if launched.
Patient upon arrival. Approx 75 yards from ambo, up and down a 20 foot hill.
Supine with helmet still on, flailing his body around and fighting with his son.
A&O X 1. Awake, non alert, unable to communicate with.
AVPU= Pain
Airway=clear, open
Breathing= 16 resp/min, saying the ABC's and counting over and over again.
Pulses= Tachy, no count yet.
Pupils= Fixed and dialated at 5mm.
Rapid assement.
No obvious deformities, inimal blood from nose already drying. C-spine has already been comprimised, patient is fighting hard and flaining around as you try to asses.
It's you, your medic and the mans son.
How do you treat this patient?
This happened yesterday, right after 2 hours of 3 on 3 b-ball!
962 (MVA) Motorcycle.
57 yr old Male
Unconscious, snoring resperations.
Approx 8.7 miles away, a man on a dirtbike will guide you in.
You are on the first arriving unit an ambo with 1 emt and 1 medic.
The next arriving units are 5-10 miles behind you and will most likely have access issues. You take a dirt gas-line road approx 4 miles where you find the patient. You will be alone for around 20 minutes. Helicopter has a 20 min eta if launched.
Patient upon arrival. Approx 75 yards from ambo, up and down a 20 foot hill.
Supine with helmet still on, flailing his body around and fighting with his son.
A&O X 1. Awake, non alert, unable to communicate with.
AVPU= Pain
Airway=clear, open
Breathing= 16 resp/min, saying the ABC's and counting over and over again.
Pulses= Tachy, no count yet.
Pupils= Fixed and dialated at 5mm.
Rapid assement.
No obvious deformities, inimal blood from nose already drying. C-spine has already been comprimised, patient is fighting hard and flaining around as you try to asses.
It's you, your medic and the mans son.
How do you treat this patient?
This happened yesterday, right after 2 hours of 3 on 3 b-ball!