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...My job was to take him to an impatient psychiatric hospital.
Why was the psychiatric hospital impatient? :huh::lol:
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...My job was to take him to an impatient psychiatric hospital.
Hehe, this call had made me think of mycroft when it happened.
We took a 18 year old male out of the jail, IFT. His story was "Fallen off his bunk" he had a tiny lac on his forehead. When we picked him up he was more concerned that his stuff got stolen. One of the CO's mentioned it was late enough, if he stayed there long enough they'd give him breakfast.
Suddenly he developed dizzyness, nausea, vomitting, chest pains, vertigo, s.o.b. Anything I asked him, he had. It was almost funny. I felt bad for him :[
I guess I can add to the excitement. Picked up a patient about a month ago from a local nursing home. Diabetic was unresponsive, nurse checked blood sugar prior to calling us and it was at 19. She then administered a full amp of D50, now here's the kicker... IM. That's right, she couldn't get it all into one shoulder so she split it up, one injection in each shoulder and one into each thigh. That was her first and last day on the job and I'm assuming she no longer has a license. The medic I was riding with went nuts and asked if she was (several 4 letter words) stupid. Last I heard patient had several surgeries to remove some of the dead areas, didn't hear if they ended up having to amputate any limbs or not.
Who are we to dictate who is worthy and not worthy of our services? We should transport anyone that calls, regaurdless of if they can pay or can't, or whether their problem is important in our eyes. It's their emergency, it may not be one in ours, but it is to them. People shouldn't be made to feel bad for calling 911. That goes against all that we stand for. What kind of EMT or Medic are you, to refuse someone their right to care and transport? We better stop advertising, call 911 in an emergency, if you're not going to render aid to their emergency, not just what you view as emergent or not.
She in NH now. Not our problem anymore
My best nursing home call ever was a guy I saved twice from cardiac arrest in one day. So advanced are my healing skills no sooner did I walk in his room while responding to “full arrest” he sat up looked at me and said “I’m fine I don’t want to go to the hospital.”
Later that same day we get another call at the facility for a “patient in cardiac arrest” we hastily walk in the door to find the same nurse pointing us to a familiar room. Upon our entering the patient wakes up with a colorful “what do you want now!”
I ask the nurse if she knows what cardiac or full arrest means. She replies: when the patient is not talking to you because he can’t wake up.
Both times med control consulted, patient not transported.
apparently the patient didn't want to interact with her.
So if I was trying to get someplace near a hospital and was running late, I should have the option of calling 911 and getting an ambu-taxi to transport me? Afterall, being late is an emergency to me and who's to say that I shouldn't get my "right" to ambu-taxi service? People should be made to feel bad if their injury is obviously not emergent or urgent and they have access to transportation. Not every medical situation needs an ambulance or emergency care.
Furthermore, it should never come down to someone's view of whether a patient is emergent or not. It should come down to a provider's assessment.
I guess I can add to the excitement. Picked up a patient about a month ago from a local nursing home. Diabetic was unresponsive, nurse checked blood sugar prior to calling us and it was at 19. She then administered a full amp of D50, now here's the kicker... IM. That's right, she couldn't get it all into one shoulder so she split it up, one injection in each shoulder and one into each thigh. That was her first and last day on the job and I'm assuming she no longer has a license. The medic I was riding with went nuts and asked if she was (several 4 letter words) stupid. Last I heard patient had several surgeries to remove some of the dead areas, didn't hear if they ended up having to amputate any limbs or not.
Where do these nurses go to school? Was this a CNA, LPN, RN?
I guess I can add to the excitement. Picked up a patient about a month ago from a local nursing home. Diabetic was unresponsive, nurse checked blood sugar prior to calling us and it was at 19. She then administered a full amp of D50, now here's the kicker... IM. That's right, she couldn't get it all into one shoulder so she split it up, one injection in each shoulder and one into each thigh. That was her first and last day on the job and I'm assuming she no longer has a license. The medic I was riding with went nuts and asked if she was (several 4 letter words) stupid. Last I heard patient had several surgeries to remove some of the dead areas, didn't hear if they ended up having to amputate any limbs or not.
I'm gonna have to swim upstream with cowgirl on this one. The kinds of attitudes and tones of resentment breeding in this topic are dangerous waters. Who cares if you have to transport these people to the hospital or not, you're paid by the hour, and you can download them if they're stable. If you can't deal with stupid then this isn't the job for you.
EMS needs to step up and educate people when to call for an ambulance. Some of that education is going to have to come with us just saying NO when they do not need an ambulance.