JJR512
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It just occurred to me, more than a week after completing the part of EMT-B training related to obtaining vital signs, that there was nothing about taking temperatures. Are EMS providers (or just EMT-Bs) not concerned with a patient's temperature?
Aside from that, are tympanic (in-the-ear) thermometers really all that good/accurate? Wouldn't a lot of wax in the ear canal throw off the results?
Aside from that, are tympanic (in-the-ear) thermometers really all that good/accurate? Wouldn't a lot of wax in the ear canal throw off the results?