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The thalamus is a two part structure. Hemithalamus is just referring to one side of the thalamus. I believe both the right and left thalamus are thought of as functionally equivalent (although there is some evidence to the contrary). In a nut shell the thalamus modulates the flow of information...

The thalamus is a two part structure. Hemithalamus is just referring to one side of the thalamus. I believe both the right and left thalamus are thought of as functionally equivalent (although there is some evidence to the contrary). In a nut shell the thalamus modulates the flow of information...

What Vene said

Modern Medicine is a Farce Driven by profit and with faulty "Evidence Based Medicine." I don't know how anyone today can claim to be an expert. Our understanding of the body is modest at best and half of what we "know" today will likely be proven wrong in the the next half a century...

curbside delivery is the devil, now have to figure out how to get this giant safe inside where it belongs, and off the pallet.

Yes I am familiar with it but no we don't carry those which is why it didn't cross my mind. closest thing we have is a flat break away stretcher but patients still have to be placed on it.

I would agree with position of comfort but how are you going to get them to the gurney without manipulating them?

This forum confuses my newbieness. In one thread I read how if medics want respect they need to start acting as professionals rather than technicians who follow "cook-book" style medicine. Then in the next thread the thought of a medic using his/her own "clinical judgement" (if you will) to...

Really? Because around here it is more like the post below. Usually only people that approach the ambulance are homeless/mentally ill or crackheads.

Nice thread.

I will admit documenting is not one of my strong points either but I usually begin with how the patient was found, their mental status and chief complaint. General impressions such as ABCs, LOC and vital signs assessed and WNL or whatever the case is. Then say the chief is CP I will document...

Got it.

Also don't want to be the one to not document an initial finding and have it be one of the 1 in 350,000. Even if I don't document something it would be kind of hard to deny it happened with a room full of people.

Agreed, thus the reasoning for my questioning. Just wasn't able to figure out how to articulate it appropriately.

Perfect thanks guys

How do you document this? Do you put that the patient was faking the seizure or since there is no definitive way for us to know do you treat it as a real seizure. Or do you put it appeared the patient was faking?

Have you expressed your concerns to your supervisor. Mainly your safety and the safety of your patients?

I think he might have been referring to the OP.

Had a call where medics got pulses and a perfusable rhythm back with CPR and one round of Epi. No defib. Patient was later called at the hospital. From what I am gathering from this thread this is not possible?

Good point. The term "Urgent BLS" comes to mind...