Pennsylvania's BLS Protocols recognise that CPR on an exsanguinated victim is useless:
CARDIAC ARREST – TRAUMATIC
STATEWIDE BLS PROTOCOL
Criteria:
A. Patient unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic/agonal breaths when acute traumatic injury is the cause of the cardiac arrest.
Exclusion Criteria...
Now that is funny! :) How many times have I seen them do it because they were uncomfortable doing it from the left side of the patient or during a switch. @#$% that I am, I made them do it from both sides.
So you were in the 82nd ABN? My brother was in the duece and another brother was in the Ranger Bn before he came to SF with me. I did all my time in the 7th SFG(A) at Bragg and Panama. I figured I would throw up my EFMB as my avatar rather than Sr. parachutist wings.
We all start out as...
What you told me is what I have been told countless times, I am looking for the science behind it. Although my protocols no longer metion "burping", you telling me to do it does not get me off the hook. I would still need medical command to authorize it or get a paramedic with a needle...
Where do I find the "science" behind 3 sided vs. 4 sided occlusive dressings?
My state protocol is tape 3 sides and the military TCCC is 4 sided occlusion with needle decompression.
Does it really "burp" when an Asherman is used or does it just clog with clotted blood?