If it's a ton of medications load them up in a box and take them. It's a couple, just write them down and head out.
You will put that you handled medications under valuables on your report.
You can't determine if a person is dead by trying to get a Carotid pulse. V-Fib does sometimes have no pulse, which = shock from an AED.
Seriously though, give the patient your 100% even if they say they might have an DNR. If they don't have it in their hand, it doesn't exist until you see...
EMS is a forgiving field? I wouldn't think so. If you make a mistake, it could cost a person their life. It's not like an software program where you can press "undo".
Okay, okay, haha. I realized that I didn't explained this fully through.
There are ice rinks with different temperature heating above the ice. This rink it's extremely hot for being a rink. It's still playable to be on the ice after the Zamboni has been on the ice. Also, they tend to dump a lot...
Depends on the rink. This rink had a pretty unusual high temperature in it. So the water freezes slowly. Takes about 5-15 minutes for it to freeze completely.
C-spine was not an issue. The player just fell for "no reason" and collapsed on the ice. Remained unresponsive.
Here's the Scenario:
Hockey player collapses on the ice.
He's 55, no history of any cardiac problems. Teammate begins CPR while another teammate gets the AED.
When they are about to attach the AED, they notice that the hockey player is laying in a small pool of water.
Remember, this rink...
Okay, thanks for your input. I wouldn't want that to happen. I don't spend too much time in places like Fire Stations. We usually post up and then have a call within 15-30 minutes. So it's not like its a dire need for me to take the boots off.
Yeah, some of the people in my EMT class got pants in town. They were $5 cheaper but no knee pads. I drove down to Longmont to get mine. I love the knee pads. I had knee pads in my construction pants in Sweden, so I knew that I would need them.
Yeah, there's been times when I feel really luck...
Me to dispatch at hospital:
"We have a woman who recently came in for a Dialation with two Fistulas."
As an EMT Student, I never stop getting crap at that hospital.
I have their pants and I love the knee padding on them. I would get the XPRT Patrol boots if I had the money. But on the two boots that I showed; it looks like the only difference is the zipper which would be nice if I was a firefighter, but I'm not. Also, when I was doing ride alongs, I kept my...