Recent content by Gheed

Apparently the facility was in the process of finding a lock-down facility for him but they weren't having luck with any openings then the weekend rolled by. But okay, gotcha, could have called supervisor and or ALS. Thanks for taking the time to read and the replies! To be honest though...

I'm and EMT on a BLS rig who was called out to SNF in San Diego for a patient who was having disturbance in their behavior. We get on scene and make patient contact, my partner gets the run down for the RN and I begin my assessment on the patient He was 67 y/o male about 130lbs standing in his...

I understand shock doesn't make a patient a trauma candidate and that plavix is not technically called "blood thinner" I stated anticoagulant earlier because it is under "anticoagulants or antiplatelets" from trauma criteria. Blood thinner is a term use locally and bad habbit but it gets the...

So they don't because the bleed isn't causing them to be in shock? And it was plavix why?

Okay thanks appreciate the info.

I was the driver so I don't recall the vitals exactly but I know they were not of concern. I don't know the usual procedure for a common GI bleed but I have heard a story of finding a pt dead from one on the toilet so I figured they can be bad enough at times and with thinners it might need...

So my scenario I present you with is a G.I. bleed with a patient on blood thinners. He has received his regular dose and has had 2 large episodes of hematochezia, one earlier in the morning and late morning, with reported a large amount of dark tary stool. The patients vitals are stable but...

Technically he meets S.D. protocol to back board since he was ETOH + and competing pain. On the other hand if your assessment was thorough and he refused treatment then you are fine. I would just make sure he didn't smell of ETOH, no impairment in LOC or sign of intoxication which can distort...