PotatoMedic
Has no idea what I'm doing.
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What was your first call this year? I had a lovely psych invol. Im just happy he was nice.
What was your first call this year? I had a lovely psych invol. Im just happy he was nice.
(vomiting is an uncommon cause of vasovagal syncope -- I was told I'd "never see vomiting make somebody pass out" about a year ago).
Requested by a BLS ambulance to rendezvous with them so we could "give fluids" because their patient was "dehydrated". Apparently drinking water wasn't an option??
You need a protocol to allow you to determine if a patient is dehydrated?...Not sure what your Protocols are but here a Basic cannot "diagnose" dehydration nor can we give fluids. Last time I checked water wasn't carried on my ambulance - unless they want to drink Sterile Water.
Not sure what your Protocols are but here a Basic cannot "diagnose" dehydration nor can we give fluids. Last time I checked water wasn't carried on my ambulance - unless they want to drink Sterile Water.
Signs and symptoms of dehydration and potentially unstable will get a medic eval.
The hospital is going to start an IV on them anyways, why not beat them to it and do it yourself - unless of course it interrupted your sleep.
Of course, giving a dehydrated patient fluids by mouth can lead to other complications such as vomiting. Dehydration + vomiting is not exactly beneficial to the patient.