shelvpower
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Hi Guys about a week ago I came upon a scene (off duty) where a car was stationary in the middle of the road.
As I arrived a LEO also arrived, I quickly pulles over to the side of the road and asked the LEO to divert oncoming traffic while I go and assess the situation. I found a male in his early 70's in the drivers seat with his wife next to him.
The wife told me that he started to lose consciousness and that she pulled up the handbrake (luckily it happened at a very slow speed).
I did a very quick assessment and told the LEO to contact a ambulance (eta 20 min) I did a stroke assessment and found that the patient indeed suffered a stroke. The wife also told me that he has had 2 strokes in the last year and a half.
Scene safety being a issue I decided to push the vehicle to the side of the road.
From then on I proceeded to monitor the pt's vital signs. HR was 120 and I unfortunately cant remember the BP.
The patient became quite combative and started refusing treatment, after a little persuasion from his wife he allowed me to monitor his vitals until a ambo turned up. I gave all the pt's information and findings to the medic and helped them to load the pt into the ambo.
I just want to know if there is anything I could've done more to help this patient seeing that I only have a level 3 first aid certificate behind my name (more or less equivalent to US first responder).
As I arrived a LEO also arrived, I quickly pulles over to the side of the road and asked the LEO to divert oncoming traffic while I go and assess the situation. I found a male in his early 70's in the drivers seat with his wife next to him.
The wife told me that he started to lose consciousness and that she pulled up the handbrake (luckily it happened at a very slow speed).
I did a very quick assessment and told the LEO to contact a ambulance (eta 20 min) I did a stroke assessment and found that the patient indeed suffered a stroke. The wife also told me that he has had 2 strokes in the last year and a half.
Scene safety being a issue I decided to push the vehicle to the side of the road.
From then on I proceeded to monitor the pt's vital signs. HR was 120 and I unfortunately cant remember the BP.
The patient became quite combative and started refusing treatment, after a little persuasion from his wife he allowed me to monitor his vitals until a ambo turned up. I gave all the pt's information and findings to the medic and helped them to load the pt into the ambo.
I just want to know if there is anything I could've done more to help this patient seeing that I only have a level 3 first aid certificate behind my name (more or less equivalent to US first responder).
