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    Patient sign off....then she was dead 6 hours later

    "I am not going to transport a stable pt with no significant mechanism of injury and no obvious signs of symptoms of disease unless they insist on it. For example, wife calls 911, says husband quit breathing, we show up, husband is awake, conscious and talking to us. Says he suffers from sleep...
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    Prehospital Cardiac Save at the pre-Inagural Event

    Prehospital Cardiac Save.... There is lots of information we DON't have here. I'm kinda surprised at the vehemence this post has received. ALL levels of providers can provide initial care of some kind, and that care is (usually) better than none at all. These young folks should be applauded...
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    things you will never live down

    Did that just happen I'll bump ya one on the ripped pants category. I responded to a call, where as with yours, it was a very heavy person FDGB. As I squatted to help my two female partners lift this patient, my pants split...more like exploded. It was almost like the inseam through the...
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