I have heard of medics using a c-spine collar to secure he intubation tube. I am talking about medical cases with no trauma, he collar is only being used to secure the tube. does anyone actually do this? does anyone have any reference material for this?
I’m looking for some kind of list of stuff you’d expect to see at a hard rock concert. What would be the S/S to diagnose, and what would be your treatments?
Albuterol is supposed to be administered so that the treatment lasts 5-15 minutes. What exactly is the o2 flow rate that will fit that criteria, and does that rate change when you add an ipratropium? (doubling the amount of fluid in the treatment)
not that drastic, but this does look a bit much.... at some points I'm literally driving through a cloud of smoke
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http://youtu.be/BBDQcQBt5PQ
Like what do you do if the injury is not quite severe enough to go to the doctor or ER, but it does need some attention…
How do you make those decisions, est.
We’ve all had calls that were completely BS, but what are you supposed to do in those situations?
Anyway, looking for a good book.
I have quite a basic question, that I have surprisingly not found in the literature. in order to intubate one must first hyperventilate the pt. now in an arrest hyperventilating comes at the price of compressions, and according to the latest research compressions are more important then ventilation.
where I work, there is a lot of joking (and griping) about us (and I guess most privet ambulance companies) being a taxi company with paper work. Nothing makes that seem more true then making a transport and getting a tip at the end of it.
Does anyone have any thoughts, is there anything that...
I understand that as an EMT my place in the bus while transporting is in the jumpseat by the head of the patient (unless there are interventions that have to be done and monitored). maybe its just a newbi thing but every time I transport, I have this fear of arriving and finding my patient has...