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chickj0434

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So als triaged us a call for a fall pt. 88 year old female. fell in the bathroom had bruising swellong on her left eye. shes on blood thinners. we get her in our truck. find out from her she fell due to 10 out of 10 chest pain. vitals all normal. shes complainong of the chest pain on her left side. i gave her 324 mg of aspiring she said it helped a little. now how much of a dumbass was i to give aspiring to an elderly woman on blood thinners. once we got to the hospital she saod the pain was more on her side so looks like its prob muscular and not even cardiac related. no history of heart problems but been complainong of this chest pain for weeks but it was real bad tiday she said.
 

Qulevrius

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now how much of a dumbass was i to give aspiring to an elderly woman on blood thinners

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But not as much as your medics, who turfed the call to people who treat a geriatric pt, s/p unwitnessed fall, with normal vitals, as a cardiac emergency.
 

Qulevrius

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You're already in trouble, mate. And its name is 'utter incompetence'. Have you ever considered that 'getting in trouble' for failing to make the right assessment and going on with a wrong treatment, should be the least of your worries ?
 
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chickj0434

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Can someone explain why. als told us she slipped. she said 10 out of 10 chest pain radiating down left arm so i thought the aspirin would do more good then harm.
 

NysEms2117

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because.
shes on blood thinners.
and your not a doctor. and any EMT-B school ever has this as ground rule #1. you also made no mention of MC.
 

Qulevrius

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We were taught thats not a contradicition but just something to be aware of.

Well, aside from the fact that your 88 y.o. pt had a fall, has a black eye as a result and complains of a sharp (CARDIAC-UNRELATED) pain - which is, rather safe to assume, trauma-symptomatic, and who's ALREADY taking antiplatelets ? You just gave her some more, thus significantly increasing the chances of internal bleeding.

You Mum's little genius you.
 
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chickj0434

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Well, aside from the fact that your 88 y.o. pt had a fall, has a black eye as a result and complains of a sharp (CARDIAC-UNRELATED) pain - which is, rather safe to assume, trauma-symptomatic, and who's ALREADY taking antiplatelets ? You just gave her some more, thus significantly increasing the chances of internal bleeding.

You Mum's little genius you.

So should i just be ready to get fired then
 

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You ignored like the one contraindication of aspirin. Big no-no, you gave a drug when it wasn't indicated. I'm starting to think with your posting history that you're not really cut out for this.
 
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chickj0434

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You ignored like the one contraindication of aspirin. Big no-no, you gave a drug when it wasn't indicated. I'm starting to think with your posting history that you're not really cut out for this.

Well guess thats that. guess ill just wait for them to call me in and fire me
 
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chickj0434

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Coumadin and aspirin do two different things. of you look at any medical artlicle it says a patient on coumadin is not a contradiction to give aspirin. the chest pain was before the fall the reason she fell so i thought id play it safe and give aspirin
 

CALEMT

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Coumadin and aspirin do two different things. of you look at any medical artlicle it says a patient on coumadin is not a contradiction to give aspirin. the chest pain was before the fall the reason she fell so i thought id play it safe and give aspirin

A blood thinner is a blood thinner is a blood thinner. While yes they do different things you think of it for a bit. You have a blood thinner to a 88 yo fall that's already on blood thinners. What's wrong with this picture. If you can't think of a answer then I'm sorry. You're going to severely injure or kill someone some day.
 
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