FiremanMike
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No, we follow our basic training. We DO NOT enter an unsafe scene. Attending a COVID-19 pt without MEGG (mask, eye protection, gown, and gloves) is an UNSAFE scene. Universal Precautions work well but only at all when used universally.
Would you ever enter a burning structure without SCBA just because your department didn't have enough working ones on hand?
No SCBA = no entry ---------------------- no mask = unsafe scene
EMS's core safety concept is we do not ever enter an unsafe scene. To do so is critical fail and irresponsible.
A guideline we have learned from day one is "it's not our emergency." We ALWAYS put our safety first, followed by our partner's, and our patients'.
These life sustaining guidelines are just as true at a one patient call, a huge bus crash, or yes one heck of a nationwide pandemic.
Ok, then what's your solution for if/when we run out of PPE?