Recent content by nymedic9999

Quick question. Say you had a patient who suffered a ground level fall secondary to a seizure. Patient presents as atraumatic and is seizing on the floor upon arrival. Would you take spinal precautions due to the fall and the fact that the patients is still seizing?

anyone else here the great news? NYS is abandoning backboards!

I just learnt about Reyes syndrome the other day on a call and was wondering.

None known in the family. Patient is female complaining of pain radiating into her neck. Vitals were stable. Pain started while driving. Pulled over called 911

Who here would give ASA to a 19 year old with unexplained chest pain ( anxiety not suspected)

Say you had a 80 yom patient with pale cool clammy skin, a bp of 88/58, hr of 80 (no beta blockers), rr of 16 and a spo2 of 97 who experienced a syncopal episode secondary to possible dehydration. Would you treat this patient as a shock patient with high flow o2 and rapid transport? Does...

I have a question with regards to the CDC trauma triage. Does the part that addresses the MOI, in particular intrusion refer to only passenger compartment intrusion or intrusion anywhere on the vehicle?

Ok, I had a call the other day that involved a 20 year old that fell from a standing height with an arm injury. I arrived on-scene to find a highly intoxicated 20 year old male seated on the ground cradling his arm. Patients friends stated that he tripped and fell resulting in the arm injury...

Is a geriatric fall from standing, in which a patient does not strike their head, enough mechanism to cause a spinal injury?

When can a dizzy patient go bls and when should one go als?

55 yo male

Patient was found seated in chair next to kitchen sink. Patient was CAOX3 and interacting with EMS. Patient was diaphoretic and pale. Patient was vomiting into kitchen sink. Patient stated that he had been seated reading the newspaper when suddenly he felt weak and dizzy and became diaphoretic...

Out of curiosity I want to hear from people how the treatment of EMT-Basics varies from region to region. For example do you come from a region that has faith in there Basic techs or a region with an abundance of ALS techs and little faith in its EMT-Basics.

Yeah he was boarded and collared as per our protocol. I didnt think about the possibility that the board was causing his low spo2. That is probably very likely. So in this case ALS probably could be deferred. I was concerned of a possible pneumothorax.

Basics in NY cant do 12 leads. He does have HTN but doesnt take any medication for it. His history was clean.