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Once again, Thanks for the replys. Honestly IRL the wait time between us being prepared to move without pain meds and than deciding we were going to wait for lifeflight was about 5mins. They were able to land on the road in the canyon bottom and be on with us and the patient in less than...

Just trying to learn from more experienced folks

Thanks for the reply. Is it common for patients to still be in severe pain even with 4+ doses of pain medications? Plus waiting the additional 20mins allowed more time for non-medical folks to prep our walkout route, and For the sun to come up

I might just have trouble relaying it in writting, He was hemodynamically stable, Nothing appeared appeared immediately life threating, I was just thinking in the back of my mind a high possibility of him becoming unstable, based on the Severe MOI and the fact that this patient was going to be...

I mean he's been In a rollover into a Deep canyon that has resulted in the fatality of the other passenger. His vital signs didn't trend anything shocky and his ABC's were sufficient, A&Ox2. I'm just calling him critical based on MOI/Location. He's non-ambulatory and Slightly confused, but...

Patient today was in a Vehicle rollover that ended in the bottom of a very rural canyon. 1 patient was deceased on scene, 1 patient was critical but seemingly stable. Curled around a rock in a spot for terrible patient access. He could talk, Had deformity to his left shoulder/Clavicle but not...