woman went unresponsive at my job

wlamoreemtb

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So today at my job (i work in a restaurant) a woman fell to the floor and went completely unresponsive. When I was told by the manager what happened i immediately went over. pt was lying on the ground unresponsive with extremely shallow resps. 911 was called and i had one of the other employees get my jump bag from my truck. I was told by the friend that was with the woman that she was severely allergic to peanuts. By this time pd was there with o2 and a defib. i began baging the pt and instructed pd to expedite the ambulance. than the woman went pulseless. I immediately began cpr. I was doing compressions for about 20 mins while the officer bagged the pt. I was told they couldnt get a crew for the rig and had to go mutual aid. so I asked pd to tell dispatch to tone out my squad which is literally 2 mins from my job. The officer than said to me no we are toning out another squad who was 10 mins out. als arrived and took over pt care. than bls arrived another 10 mins later. This was ridiculous having a squad 2 minutes away and them toning out a different one. It was a very aggravating experience and I just need to vent.
 

Airwaygoddess

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Good Job!!

You were at the right place at the right time!!! Great job!:):):)
 

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So today at my job (i work in a restaurant) a woman fell to the floor and went completely unresponsive. When I was told by the manager what happened i immediately went over. pt was lying on the ground unresponsive with extremely shallow resps. 911 was called and i had one of the other employees get my jump bag from my truck. I was told by the friend that was with the woman that she was severely allergic to peanuts. By this time pd was there with o2 and a defib. i began baging the pt and instructed pd to expedite the ambulance. than the woman went pulseless. I immediately began cpr. I was doing compressions for about 20 mins while the officer bagged the pt. I was told they couldnt get a crew for the rig/b] and had to go mutual aid. so I asked pd to tell dispatch to tone out my squad which is literally 2 mins from my job. The officer than said to me no we are toning out another squad who was 10 mins out. als arrived and took over pt care. than bls arrived another 10 mins later. This was ridiculous having a squad 2 minutes away and them toning out a different one. It was a very aggravating experience and I just need to vent.

Seems to be a final nail in the coffin of anyone who still thinks that ambulances should be staffed by volunteers.

You didn't mention using the AED. Did you apply it? Did you deliver any shocks?
 

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get rid of volunteers. Its bout time.
 
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wlamoreemtb

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the pt did end up surviving ..... WOW! :eek: i talked to the medics last night
 

enjoynz

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the pt did end up surviving ..... WOW! :eek: i talked to the medics last night

Good job on your quick response with CPR!!!!.
Just one thought though. Did the patient not carry an epi-pen with her, for her allergy to peanuts?:sad:

Cheers Enjoynz
 

BEorP

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Patient "survived" as in there was a return of spontaneous circulation or actually survived to be discharged already?

Also, please answer my question about the defib.
 

mikie

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get rid of volunteers. Its bout time.

was that comment really necessary? We are here to commend the OP about his fast acting skills at his non EMS-related job. There are plenty of other threads to bash us.

Where did the AED, O2 & BVM come from? Restaurant? Office?

Good work!
 
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daedalus

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Actually mike, there are not enough threads addressing the negative aspects of a volunteer system. I hold volunteers to the highest, and if I lived in a community with a volunteer EMS system, I would be thanking you people for the work you do, but all while pushing for a paid service ASAP. This case here is a prime example.

OP, you did a fine job attending to the patient.
 

mdkemt

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Interesting. Response times vary up here but I also live in a remote area of the province.

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Folks - before we start on the paid vs. vollie discussion... there is a different issue at play - Politics... or "my kingdom". Lots of county dispatch centers are required to dispatch from run streams provided by the local municipalities/fire chiefs - that means that if they don't like XYZ company, they can put other, farther away companies in the run streams ahead of XYZ company. This happens in both vollie and paid systems.

THe solution is for the COUNTY to say we will send the CLOSEST unit... and remove inter-department personality conflicts from the table. But that often tramples on the "home rule" of the local chiefs.
 

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I don't know how it is in his town, (which is the next town over from mine), but I am dispatched by city PD.
 

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was that comment really necessary? We are here to commend the OP about his fast acting skills at his non EMS-related job.
yes the comment is necessary and I am a volunteer. There is no excuse that any area can not come up with a rig. Or that mutual aid agreements prevent the closes rig from proceeding to the scene.
 

mikeylikesit

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I have rarely had to respond or act on my off time, and never when working another job, i am kind of jealous.
 

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Seems to be a final nail in the coffin of anyone who still thinks that ambulances should be staffed by volunteers.
The key word is "staffed", not "volunteers". There are volunteer services that have personnel at the station 24/7.
 

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The key word is "staffed", not "volunteers". There are volunteer services that have personnel at the station 24/7.

Thats the exception. Not the rule.
 

MedicAngel

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Sorry that I have a job and also am a volunteer...

Seriously, I would think that if the volunteer station didn't respond after the 1st set of tones, a second set would be dropped as another station would be added to the call. Is that done in your area?
 
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