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So I'm 9 miles away from my mom's house, heading back to my dad's house so I could go to work this morning. I was on the road a little after 8:30. I had my radio in my car, and (as I said), I was about 9 miles or so away. I heard our tones go off so I pulled my car to a stop. All I heard was the county road and the township, recognized it is by my mom's and hauled arse (not speeding *too* much) to get there.
I had no idea what I was walking into cause I didn't hear most of the page. I had to wait for county to give me the address, about 5 minutes later.
I get on scene to find some woman on the phone, telling me that "she's in the bathroom." Grandma is in the bathroom, being sort of held up (on the toilet) by another woman. Grandma was "not feeling well," and so I was like "omgnervousomgnervousomgwhatdoido" and decided that I'd find out her name. So I did that and put her on 10 lpm non rebreather mask. I figured 15 would knock her over.
I got her pulse and got sidetracked from getting a BP while trying to get a SAMPLE because of the meds. About 5 minutes or so after I got there, so did another first responder and the ambulance. So I never finished my SAMPLE or my vital signs.
Did I do wrong to put her on 10 lpm nrb mask? Would you have put her on 15, or put her on a nasal cannula? Or left her off the O2, for that matter? While the ambulance was there, I wrote down her meds on my sheet thing and gave that, the meds, and the ambulance's glucometer back to the other first responder while I cleaned up my mess.
So all in all, I didn't do a whole lot... What did I do wrong, and what could I have done better?
((just please don't tear me apart too bad...this was my first call that I went to all by myself..usually I am a ride along, and have someone else there..))
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I had no idea what I was walking into cause I didn't hear most of the page. I had to wait for county to give me the address, about 5 minutes later.
I get on scene to find some woman on the phone, telling me that "she's in the bathroom." Grandma is in the bathroom, being sort of held up (on the toilet) by another woman. Grandma was "not feeling well," and so I was like "omgnervousomgnervousomgwhatdoido" and decided that I'd find out her name. So I did that and put her on 10 lpm non rebreather mask. I figured 15 would knock her over.
I got her pulse and got sidetracked from getting a BP while trying to get a SAMPLE because of the meds. About 5 minutes or so after I got there, so did another first responder and the ambulance. So I never finished my SAMPLE or my vital signs.
Did I do wrong to put her on 10 lpm nrb mask? Would you have put her on 15, or put her on a nasal cannula? Or left her off the O2, for that matter? While the ambulance was there, I wrote down her meds on my sheet thing and gave that, the meds, and the ambulance's glucometer back to the other first responder while I cleaned up my mess.
So all in all, I didn't do a whole lot... What did I do wrong, and what could I have done better?
((just please don't tear me apart too bad...this was my first call that I went to all by myself..usually I am a ride along, and have someone else there..))
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