Sr Dingdong
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This is something that I have wondered a lot about after calls involving injured or sick kids in the past, and I recently went on a call to a 2 year old who had been scolded on a good part of her body which made me think about it again.
Initially the child was screaming a lot, which is to be expected. We were two ambulances on the scene, so I ended up driving the other ambulance. After maybe 10 minutes they mentioned on the radio that the child had stopped screaming, and I was wondering if that was bc the child was just exhausted from the screaming or if she was about to go into hypovolemic shock from the burns.
I was thinking that it probably was the former, but I dont know exactly how much of her body got burnt, or even how much has to be burnt before it starts to become a serious threat of losing so much fluids that she'll go into shock.
But anyways, how can you tell the difference between kids who stops screaming because they are getting tired from screaming for 15/20 minutes straight or if it is because of the injury affecting their consciousness?
Will a change in vital signs be the only way to know?
Initially the child was screaming a lot, which is to be expected. We were two ambulances on the scene, so I ended up driving the other ambulance. After maybe 10 minutes they mentioned on the radio that the child had stopped screaming, and I was wondering if that was bc the child was just exhausted from the screaming or if she was about to go into hypovolemic shock from the burns.
I was thinking that it probably was the former, but I dont know exactly how much of her body got burnt, or even how much has to be burnt before it starts to become a serious threat of losing so much fluids that she'll go into shock.
But anyways, how can you tell the difference between kids who stops screaming because they are getting tired from screaming for 15/20 minutes straight or if it is because of the injury affecting their consciousness?
Will a change in vital signs be the only way to know?