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I don't strip all of my patients either. However, I am saying that none of this seems to be malpractice. I, without having any other knowledge of this call, side with the medics on this. They likely had a good reason for performing a detailed assessment and then a detailed secondary assessment...

It is indeed a significant MOI...especially since the patient lost consciousness as a result of it. Sometimes removing clothing is appropriate even outside a multi-system trauma. I wasn't there, so I don't know. But so far, nothing sounds like it was that far from the norm.

Sounds like they did their job and was being thorough. You had a seizure and hit your head and lost consciousness. The paramedic or emt has no way of knowing the full extent of your injuries unless they expose. A = Airway, B = Breathing, C = Circulation & C-spine, D = Deformity, and E = Expose...

I PM'd you my email address. I'd really like to read the whole paper. Thanks.

You must have images in it? Try resizing the pictures that you put in it, if you have images. Those tend to make a paper huge sometimes.

Share it with us? Maybe we'll learn something from you we didn't know.

That's why trainers really prefer that you drink Gatorade or something like that, because it replaces those nutrients that your body is losing.

This is a legit medical condition. I have really only heard of it happening in the hot months of the summer, but I guess it could happen anytime. Citation: Sterns RH - Am J Med - 01-JUL-2006; 119(7 Suppl 1): S12-6

I took my first paramedic class at a "training center" - that is to say, it was not a fully accredited university based class. It was good, but it wasn't great. I then chose to repeat the paramedic training at a major university in Ohio. I received much better classroom instruction through the...

Not that it is stellar, but right now NREMT is the closest thing this nation has to a uniformed approach to EMT education and certification. I doubt highly that it is going anywhere. I'm curious though, where did you hear that from? Perhaps you have a better source than the rest of us?

During an autopsy, the Hamilton County coroner removed Christopher Albrecht's brain and never put it back - a common practice for coroners. But when Albrecht's parents learned years later that they had buried him without a brain, they filed a lawsuit that raises ethical, moral and religious...

An 82-year-old Florida nursing home resident who had maggots in one of his eyes has died, Local6.com reported. In addition to the maggots, Anthony Digiannurio, of Deltona, Fla., was found with an infected breathing tube, a partially inserted catheter and bed sores when he was taken to Florida...

I agree with you here. I was not trying to make this discussion about immigration status or about pain medication only. However, hospitals all over America are being stressed due to alien use of the emergency room for things that should be handled by primary care and it is hurting some so badly...

I wasn't trying to start a discussion on immigration either. I was just simply pointing out a thought process that I heard mentioned. This is a serious topic and I'm genuinely interested in hearing other people's suggestions or ideas.

Welcome Kevin. Glad to have you aboard. Make yourself right at home.

This discussion was inspired by a different thread on pain meds. I'm wondering, since we all agree that there is a problem with the abuse of the EMS system and Emergency room...has anyone had any ideas on how to maybe prevent or curb the abuse? Listening to Michael Savage on the radio one...

I'm sorry if you felt attacked by my response. I didn't mean to be confrontational or point directly at you. It's just that the abuse of 911 is a real and growing problem everywhere. We're going to all get a great deal better at using our best decision making skills in controlling how liberally...

I think it is that mentality that contributes to the abuse of the 911 system. If we don't use our best judgement, they just call us, because we don't know them...they don't know us...surely we'll give them the narcs. Sorry...you have to be in pain to get pain medicine on my truck.

I got my Garmin Nuvi two Christmas's ago. I love it. I take mine to work with me every time I go. It has never failed me yet. In fact, I have better directions on my Garmin than the dispatcher's do with their satellite pictures and maps of where we are. The only thing I wish Garmin would do...

I tend to not give pain meds a great deal. Mostly, because our calls are in such close proximity to the hospital. A patient has to act like they're in pain to receive pain meds. I love the patients who rate their pain at more than 10, yet there they sit calm, cool, collected...no grimaces, no...