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You arrive on the scene to find the patient sitting on her bed and clutching the left side of her head. AOAx3, pearl, BP and HR somewhat high, but nothing major considering the patient's distress.
While assessing your patient, your partner takes a look in her ear and-- lo and behold-- a dead cockroach. The little guy must have crawled in while the patient was asleep.
You decide to go ahead and hoof it to the ER, because that little guy could be causing some serious damage. But, you have some tools in your truck and some tricks up your sleeve, so you decide to radio in for permission to remove the roach yourself en route. MD gives you the go ahead, but advises you not to force it out. (I'm uncertain as to whether an MD would give permission for this or not, I suppose a lot of it depends on ETA). ETA is twelve minutes.
You give the roach a tug. The patient screams bloody murder and the little guy doesn't budge. What's your next course of action?
While assessing your patient, your partner takes a look in her ear and-- lo and behold-- a dead cockroach. The little guy must have crawled in while the patient was asleep.
You decide to go ahead and hoof it to the ER, because that little guy could be causing some serious damage. But, you have some tools in your truck and some tricks up your sleeve, so you decide to radio in for permission to remove the roach yourself en route. MD gives you the go ahead, but advises you not to force it out. (I'm uncertain as to whether an MD would give permission for this or not, I suppose a lot of it depends on ETA). ETA is twelve minutes.
You give the roach a tug. The patient screams bloody murder and the little guy doesn't budge. What's your next course of action?