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I'm a nationally certified EMT and I have an opportunity to work with a bone marrow transplant patient. I wanted to know if anyone here has had any experience with those types of patients? I would love to hear your input, just to get some perspective of what I may be taking on.

MAKING PT CONTACT: AS ME AND MY PARTNER GET ON-SCENE, WE OBSERVE OUR PT'S LARGE SIZE. HE WEIGHED 375 LBS, IS AN AMPUTEE(BKA-ONE LEG), IN A WHEELCHAIR, NON-AMBULATORY. WE LOAD HIM ONTO THE STRETCHER, SECURED WITH APPLICABLE SEAT\BELTS X5, AND RAILS X2, ENSURING A POSITION OF COMFORT. PT WAS...

Do any of you have a script? or do you just go through the general SAMPLE and OPQRST questions?

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So heres a thing I want to ask you guys. Having you ever seen an EMT completely disregard their PT? Recently this one guy decided that sending a text was more important than safely putting their PT into the bus. I've seen the same agency, DROP a PT out of their ambulance. (Theres a whole slew...