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Ok. I had a bizzare time on Sunday, in what was one of my last ED clinical shifts.
There was a 10mile race through town, sponsored by a large HMO. The race goes right by the front of the hospital.
The EMS coverage is provided by many private EMS co's, with squads from outside of the city helping.
I was at the ED for about 2 hours, and we were DESERTED.
Then we get a patient.
Guy was running the race, hit the one mile mark, started to feel sick, slowed down and started walking. His running mate kept running. Guy went down in front of a cop, cop screams on radio for an ambulance, Nurses, EMT's, Doctors all stop running and start CPR. Medic on bike sees them doing CPR, stops, throws his AED on, shocks x1, ROSC. Pulls out the BVM, gets a BLS rig to transport, continues vetilations, gets an IV, no meds, runs like heck to the ED. Pt. starts breathing as they get to the ED, Pt. comes into the ED and wakes up in the ED bed. CAOx4, doesn't remember anything after starting to walk.
Guy doesn't belive how lucky he is. Nor does anyone else in the ED. No Neuro deficits we can see, prbably CPR within 1 minute of going down, shocked within 4.
Guy goes to CCU, wants to go home
Rest of day goes REALLY SLOW, I'm walking out, we get Trauma Pt's x5 at 1900 shift change. I end up getting out after 1930 because we are slammed. <_<
All in all, really cool day.
There was a 10mile race through town, sponsored by a large HMO. The race goes right by the front of the hospital.
The EMS coverage is provided by many private EMS co's, with squads from outside of the city helping.
I was at the ED for about 2 hours, and we were DESERTED.
Then we get a patient.
Guy was running the race, hit the one mile mark, started to feel sick, slowed down and started walking. His running mate kept running. Guy went down in front of a cop, cop screams on radio for an ambulance, Nurses, EMT's, Doctors all stop running and start CPR. Medic on bike sees them doing CPR, stops, throws his AED on, shocks x1, ROSC. Pulls out the BVM, gets a BLS rig to transport, continues vetilations, gets an IV, no meds, runs like heck to the ED. Pt. starts breathing as they get to the ED, Pt. comes into the ED and wakes up in the ED bed. CAOx4, doesn't remember anything after starting to walk.
Guy doesn't belive how lucky he is. Nor does anyone else in the ED. No Neuro deficits we can see, prbably CPR within 1 minute of going down, shocked within 4.
Guy goes to CCU, wants to go home
Rest of day goes REALLY SLOW, I'm walking out, we get Trauma Pt's x5 at 1900 shift change. I end up getting out after 1930 because we are slammed.
<_< All in all, really cool day.
