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Howdy,
So lets say my patient is on the stretcher and we are on our way to the ER. Then suddenly our patient goes unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic.
I am an ALS provider, the driver is BLS, and it is just us two.
What do we do?
Considerations I'm thinking about...
Our pt needs to be on a hard surface for good quality compressions.
Time to ER? Are we 2 min away? If so, is it best to just notify the receiving facility of the upgrade and changes and I just do 1 person CPR til we get there?
Long transport? Should we call for additional resources whether it be fire or whomever to meet up with us on the side of the road and run the code there?
Or just one rider to meet up with us so we can stop, get the patient on a backboard and back on the stretcher and resume transport with the additional rider doing compressions while I work on the ALS steps?
Thank you!
So lets say my patient is on the stretcher and we are on our way to the ER. Then suddenly our patient goes unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic.
I am an ALS provider, the driver is BLS, and it is just us two.
What do we do?
Considerations I'm thinking about...
Our pt needs to be on a hard surface for good quality compressions.
Time to ER? Are we 2 min away? If so, is it best to just notify the receiving facility of the upgrade and changes and I just do 1 person CPR til we get there?
Long transport? Should we call for additional resources whether it be fire or whomever to meet up with us on the side of the road and run the code there?
Or just one rider to meet up with us so we can stop, get the patient on a backboard and back on the stretcher and resume transport with the additional rider doing compressions while I work on the ALS steps?
Thank you!