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The theory about the hemorrhage is a very real possibility. She looked textbook shocky. Due to the extremely short transport time I believe the medics sort of had the make them comfortable and transport them mentality so the only real intervention was the NRB when she tanked.

To add some context. The women had her ovaries removed the day prior and when we showed up she did not look good. Very pale and lethargic. I was there to pretty much watch and observe. There was not a whole lot of effort to get a good history including what medication she was on. This leads me...

Makes perfect sense, thanks!

Could be that her o2 wasn't really that low but I was resting her arm on my leg trying to get a blood pressure and her arm just flopped and she was out like a light. No amount of painful stimuli could get her to respond, I'm guessing it was significantly lower than normal.

I'm kind of struggling to understand how a N/C could be enough to guarantee the patient is getting enough oxygen. Obviously there would be a big C02 build up and I can't imagine that being good for the patient even thought I haven't gone through capnography. One of the things drilled into me is...

Thanks guys, makes sense. Now being a brand new basic I really don't like the idea of putting myself in a position where I'm questioning the actions of someone that's been doing this for years. But overall would you say the call wasn't handled as well as it should have been? It was an obvious...

hey y'all. Brand new basic here. Reason i'm posting is because of an experience i had on an ALS rig during clinicals. We responded to the home of an elderly female with abdominal pain, nothing really exciting. Once we started rolling the medic i was in the back with gave the lady fentanyl. After...