HappyParamedicRN
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Did it hurt the patient? No. Could it have hurt the patient? No. I'm guessing that they did talk to their patient. How much time was lost applying the monitor? 90 seconds? Have you, as a Paramedic/RN, never done something out of a gut feeling? What made that action appropriate?
The poster stated in his previous post that it was a 10 minute transport and he didnt want to stare at the patient for 10 minutes so he put him on the monitor!
No it wont hurt the patient, but we as EMS professionals are trying to get recognition as such. Putting a 25 year old with no other problems, with a leg injury on the monitor reveals that we do not know when to use ourequipment appropriatly! Not something prfessionals would do!
Happy