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Temperature is a vital sign, is it not? It might not be for EMS, but it is in the rest of healthcare. Even working on a straight BLS truck I'd like a thermometer so I can give the temp as part of my report.
Bigger hospitals that have ambulance triage probably have "communal" thermometers, but when you roll into a small (or big I suppose) ER where the patient goes straight to the room it seems like passing along the fact that the patient has a fever might be good.
I'm also tired of taking clear UTI patients into ERs and having someone asking for his temp and being forced to sheepishly respond "a little warm."
Bigger hospitals that have ambulance triage probably have "communal" thermometers, but when you roll into a small (or big I suppose) ER where the patient goes straight to the room it seems like passing along the fact that the patient has a fever might be good.
I'm also tired of taking clear UTI patients into ERs and having someone asking for his temp and being forced to sheepishly respond "a little warm."