Oxygen questions

I have certain connections...and I don't carry NRBs for my employer this is just my personal kit that I carry in the field


background...

I work for a small newspaper, I volly in my County Fire/Rescue Squad in my rural community.

Depending on where our medic unit is coming from it can but up to 20 minutes to arrival.
 
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fire1055 said:
I have certain connections...and I don't carry NRBs for my employer this is just my personal kit that I carry in the field
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Hopefully your connections are legal and a receipt can be produced. Even taking these devices from a hospital without some type accountability causes someone to pay for them as well as the loss of trust in the person supply who may be supplying them.
 
thanks for the help guys, and my hook-up is very legit, I'd never do anything that would risk somebody their job
 
Oxygen

In TN to function as a first responder you must be affiliated in some way with the local ambulance service. Hook up with them, get them to supply you with oxygen and your questions are solved. On the other hand without that affiliation you may not be able to get oxygen. Does your company have a first aid station? If so, your employer can get oxygen via the local oxygen supply company.
 
VentMedic said:
A brief overview of oxygen:

http://www.ccmtutorials.com/rs/oxygen/index.htm
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Thanks for the heads up on this site Vent.
I remember some time back being given stick about delivery of O2
amounts, as NZ pulled back the LPM we were giving.
Folks from the States were saying that O2 is safe and it doesn't matter what amounts given to the patient.
This site proves there can be issues with the amounts give and why O2 can be toxic.
Guess it shows the old saying is right...'Too much of a good think, can be bad for you!'

Cheers Enjoynz
 
enjoynz said:
Thanks for the heads up on this site Vent.
I remember some time back being given stick about delivery of O2
amounts, as NZ pulled back the LPM we were giving.
Folks from the States were saying that O2 is safe and it doesn't matter what amounts given to the patient.
This site proves there can be issues with the amounts give and why O2 can be toxic.
Guess it shows the old saying is right...'Too much of a good think, can be bad for you!'

Cheers Enjoynz
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We often refer to an oxygen clock when talking about toxicity. In the ICU we have protocols for getting a patient off that clock as quickly as we can but it may take every gadget and gas some of the best hospitals have access to and then it may still not be possible. As well, another protocol such as the one for sepsis may trump the other for the first few hours.

Recently during another thread:
http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=13026&page=2

a short discussion of CO poisoning came up where another forum member saw no harm in not putting someone who had the probability of being exposed to CO. For this I would rather error on the side of caution since the O2 with only be on long enough to get COHb confirmation and if negative, it can be removed. If there was CO present, the O2 has started reducing its half life and that may result in less time on the O2 clock. However, if treatment was delay because "the SpO2 was 100%" coupled with a bad attitude from the EMS provider, organs may also suffer the affects of the CO longer.

Dive medicine is also a fascinating specialty as is HBO.
 
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VentMedic said:
Dive medicine is also a fascinating specialty as is HBO.
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Indeed!! I am a Rescue Diver, and trained (not certified) HBO operator. I love learning about the physiology and effects of pressure on human physiology. I actually had minor DCS (Decompression sickness/"The Bends") a few years ago, and took the opportunity (and some of my time in a chamber) to learn about it.

The effects and uses of HBO (Hyperbaric Oxygen) therapy are really interesting-- everything from diving injuries, to air gas emboli, to wound care, red blood cell production, carbon monoxide poisoning, and the list continues. Really very cool therapy (and not such advanced technology).
 
Ak-Medic quick question I know of plenty EMT's in jersey who carry an O2 canister&a small jump bag in the trunk of their car. To me they are just idiots who are setting themselves for a lawsuit i.e. pulling over on an accident&trying to render aid when they have no experience or an idea what they doing i am wondering what is your objection
 
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