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?
Patient involved in MVA, multiple head, facial and leg injuries/fractures. GCS 3, Inadequate ventilations.
Anyway this may be a dumb question but in a scenario such as this or something similar is there ever a good reason not to c-spine?
How does the media get around HIPAA laws when covering a story. I have read articles that include patients full name and condition as well as details about the cause of condition. Also, would discussing the information reported by the media constitute as a violation on the part of a healthcare...
Curious as to how you guys handle threats. I don't mean immediate threats but "watch your back" or "I'm going to find you" type threats. Do you take them seriously? Ignore them? Report them? Document? Etc...
Mid 70s. Mechanical slip and fall. Pain 10/10 to low back/butt. No neck pain. Ambulatory prior to calling but after 1 hour and a vicodin patient is now unable to walk due to pain. Good PMS. Patient sitting on couch. Vitals WNL and alert and oriented.
Anything else just ask.
Your on scene of a medical call in a public place and someone walks up to you and says they have a rash from eating peanuts and wants to know if they should go to the hospital? Patient took benadryl earlier, rash is across the chest and no difficulty breathing. Do you advise them to go, call 911...
Your are at the ER with your patient, you step outside and someone outside the ER asks you if you know where they can get some water. You have an extra bottle on you that you do not need. Do you give it to them?
I had a patient the other day who called 911 for arm pain and because he wanted his medications refilled. Patient was alert and oriented, ABCs and Vitals WNL. He was sent BLS to a hospital with a long wall time. As we are holding the wall the patient quickly becomes bored with sitting on the...
Anyone ever gotten a ticket from a red light camera while running code? I have tried searching to find out what becomes of the ticket and I have come across stories of the ambulance driver being held responsible for the ticket which is absurd to me but on the other hand if this were the norm I...