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I have posted here before and your help has been amazing. I am writing a screenplay with an EMT rescue scene and I want to run it by you for authenticity.
Here's an overview of what needs to happen.
EMT's rescue an unconscious man from an overturned vehicle. During the extraction he remains unconscious, but his vitals are normal. He is placed in the ambulance and I suppose by now he has a c-collar and IV in place and I guess he would also be put on an EKG. During the ride to hospital, he awakes and is disoriented and agitated. He might try to pull out IVs and get up. EMT's settle him down. After some minutes, he begins to seize violently and his heart rate shoots way up....
That's the scene, now I have some specifics...
After being extracted from the car, would rescue perform any care outside or would they wait until he was in the ambulance? How soon would that c-collar be put on? What would the protocol be for an unconscious man at the sceene of an accident. What would you be looking for? When he awakes, would he have a tube in his mouth preventing him from talking? What are some pieces of dialogue you might here EMT's yell out to each other during such a crisis. As the patient tries to escape, how easy is it to remove the c-collar? This is going to be a big powerful guy...
Thankss so much. Anything you can say which will prevent this from being one of those dumb Third Watch scenes would be most appreciated.
Thanks everyone
AB
Here's an overview of what needs to happen.
EMT's rescue an unconscious man from an overturned vehicle. During the extraction he remains unconscious, but his vitals are normal. He is placed in the ambulance and I suppose by now he has a c-collar and IV in place and I guess he would also be put on an EKG. During the ride to hospital, he awakes and is disoriented and agitated. He might try to pull out IVs and get up. EMT's settle him down. After some minutes, he begins to seize violently and his heart rate shoots way up....
That's the scene, now I have some specifics...
After being extracted from the car, would rescue perform any care outside or would they wait until he was in the ambulance? How soon would that c-collar be put on? What would the protocol be for an unconscious man at the sceene of an accident. What would you be looking for? When he awakes, would he have a tube in his mouth preventing him from talking? What are some pieces of dialogue you might here EMT's yell out to each other during such a crisis. As the patient tries to escape, how easy is it to remove the c-collar? This is going to be a big powerful guy...
Thankss so much. Anything you can say which will prevent this from being one of those dumb Third Watch scenes would be most appreciated.
Thanks everyone
AB