Okay, I was just wondering this, Arrive on scene to find your pt has punched has hand through a window
There's several lacerations on the hand several cm's long, and there are a few pieces of glass sticking out. Blood loss is moderate, PT is ETOH, denies light headneness, no major trauma. HR 128, BP 108/72, RR 20.
Okay, here's the big thing. The hand is still bleeding, oozing, there a few deep gashes, you can see there are small pieces of glass inside of the hand, and one larger piece sticking out of another laceration. Do you remove the glass so you can apply a pressure bandage? Or do you leave the glass in and let the ER deal with it?
On scene time will be about 10 minutes, you're 15-20 out.
There's several lacerations on the hand several cm's long, and there are a few pieces of glass sticking out. Blood loss is moderate, PT is ETOH, denies light headneness, no major trauma. HR 128, BP 108/72, RR 20.
Okay, here's the big thing. The hand is still bleeding, oozing, there a few deep gashes, you can see there are small pieces of glass inside of the hand, and one larger piece sticking out of another laceration. Do you remove the glass so you can apply a pressure bandage? Or do you leave the glass in and let the ER deal with it?
On scene time will be about 10 minutes, you're 15-20 out.