Recent content by Simusid

Let me explain. Yes, I get times, by radio, and I have to write them down, while I'm responding. I'm more efficient than that. I wrote an app. You're free to not use it.

The purpose is nothing more than what is shown. Press buttons, record times. My system does not have CAD. I'm supposed to record times manually for my report.

A few years ago I wrote an iPhone app to log call times. I got good feedback about it but I never updated it and now I miss it. Yesterday I decided to re-do it as a super simple web page. It's hosted on my service's website http://www.swanamb.com/times It's free, no registration, no ads...

I've vacationed many times in the Caymans. I love Grand but I really love Cayman Brac. I know they have a hospital or clinic on the northeast side, but with a population of only around 800 (as I recall) it can't be very big. And I would think their EMS would be pretty small if they have...

No she was found unconscious prior to the 911 call, and she remained unconscious throughout the whole transport. That was probably close to 1/2 an hour from the original report. It was an unknown, probably extended downtime. I think the family was worried that they had not heard from her and...

So far the responses seem to be questioning that the ETCO2 measurement is wrong. I get that, and I do not blindly treat numbers. But my question is more about physiology I think. Suppose hypothetically that the number was correct. What could be going on in her body to cause this low reading?

It was measured with a NC on a lifepak 15

That was an interesting read. I'm not part of a fire based service, nor a commercial for profit EMS. We are a private non-profit ALS 911 service. I'll be interested to see how this evolution affects us.

Sorry I did not see the waveform, only the number. I'm fairly sure there were no significant secretions.

I was on a call recently for an unresponsive female with an unknown downtime. HX of ETOH abuse and family members stated "she was on meds for it", there was no evidence of alcohol on scene. Nor an evidence of an overdose She remained unresponsive, had irregular respirations at a rate of...

Agreed! And that is sort of what I was trying to say (but I did it poorly). If the heart needs 2 min of CPR to be able to start, and if it doesn't get that then maybe it would contribute to the inability to recover after being shocked.

Thanks. I definitely get that some patients are going to end up in asystole. I was picturing a case where the cop shocked and almost immediately the pt was in asystole, so I thought there could be more going on.

I learned about a cardiac arrest in my community recently. As often happens, the police were on scene before us. They do CPR and we provide them with AEDs. In this case, I know that the patient was shocked once and our paramedics were on scene almost immediately following that. I then heard...

How would a Community Paramedic be distinguished from a visiting nurse? Not trolling. I seriously am not sure!

You did. I'm lazy.