emtashleyb
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I got a new partner last week after a year and a half working on a bls truck I'm now driving als in private ambo. We had a pt dnr-a (we are in maryland) new onset of seizures with multiple medical problems. New partner put the pt on the monitor on the way to the hospital and hollered for me to pull over so they could read the rhythm pt was in v-fib. New partner then proceeds to shock the pt and hollered at me to run hot.
Being as I've worked bls for the past year I've been told we do not run dnrs hot. I've searched high and low for an answer to this question but can't seem to find one and new partner has been out sick since so I couldn't ask them. If the pt is a dnr-a in a shockable rhythm are you allowed to shock? I really don't feel comfortable asking anyone else at the company since I'm pretty sure its a no-no. In the heat of everything I did make a mistake and ran us hot but I'm pretty sure this breaks some sort of protocol and want to know for sure so when my trick rolls around again I can talk to new partner about it and tell them I wont be doing that again.
Being as I've worked bls for the past year I've been told we do not run dnrs hot. I've searched high and low for an answer to this question but can't seem to find one and new partner has been out sick since so I couldn't ask them. If the pt is a dnr-a in a shockable rhythm are you allowed to shock? I really don't feel comfortable asking anyone else at the company since I'm pretty sure its a no-no. In the heat of everything I did make a mistake and ran us hot but I'm pretty sure this breaks some sort of protocol and want to know for sure so when my trick rolls around again I can talk to new partner about it and tell them I wont be doing that again.