Hello all,
I am an EMT-B in Maryland. My LT. asked me this question a few months ago and I'm curious as to what your answers will be.
Single vehicle MVC, with vehicle into guardrail on left shoulder. Not a high speed crash, but hit hard enough for airbags to deploy. Driver was belted.
Upon ambulance arrival, patient (driver) was sitting on curb on right side of road, in handcuffs. Patient also had taser probes in his back, from an apparent struggle. Pt. complains of neck pain.
How do you package and transport the patient?
In my jurisdiction, protocol dictates that all trauma patients complaining of neck and/or back pain are boarded and collared.
Protocol also dictates that taser probes are not to be pulled out of a patient in the field: It MUST be done in the hospital.
So, how do you package and transport the patient?
I am an EMT-B in Maryland. My LT. asked me this question a few months ago and I'm curious as to what your answers will be.
Single vehicle MVC, with vehicle into guardrail on left shoulder. Not a high speed crash, but hit hard enough for airbags to deploy. Driver was belted.
Upon ambulance arrival, patient (driver) was sitting on curb on right side of road, in handcuffs. Patient also had taser probes in his back, from an apparent struggle. Pt. complains of neck pain.
How do you package and transport the patient?
In my jurisdiction, protocol dictates that all trauma patients complaining of neck and/or back pain are boarded and collared.
Protocol also dictates that taser probes are not to be pulled out of a patient in the field: It MUST be done in the hospital.
So, how do you package and transport the patient?