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Then why carry them on the ambulance?
Other use cases — reactive airway disease, croup, bronchiolitis, adrenal crisis/adrenal insufficiency
Then why carry them on the ambulance?
It's been kind of dogma for a while to use them. Takes time for practice to catch up?Then why carry them on the ambulance?
However there are no solid studies that support this claim.You carry and use steroids on the ambulance because it does help the patient; maybe not during the transport, but it helps in an hour or 2. But why wait until you get to the hospital for the clock on it to start? Then you are just making the patient wait longer for it to start helping.
Also great for areas who have long transport times