The call is at a nursing home for groin pain. We find a seventy year old man holding his groin and writhing on the bed. He has dementia so it is hard to have any kind of conversation. The daughter looks familiar and she says I brought her father in to the hospital last week. […]
We were there last night. The call came in five minutes before my crew change. Husband said wife was too weak to get up and he was too weak to pick her up. Sounded like a lift assist. Pick her up, put her in bed, get a signed refusal. I could still get home at […]
medicscribe Narcan 4mg IN Hi Miranda- Different services carry different devices. The 4 mg IN is designed for lay people. It is simple and easy to use, and is a relatively newer device than the 2 mg atomizer method. The problem is it tends to put people into withdrawal. The 2 mg is hard to put together, but gentler.…
2019-12-06 02:23:58
Miranda B Narcan 4mg IN My boyfriend and I recently had a heroin overdose and was given narcan, but he was given 2mg and I was given 4mg. My question is why the dosage difference?
2019-12-05 23:44:06
David Bowden Pearl #9 Don’t Be Prisoner to the Clock I had a ROSC pt who was coded for 4 hours. When I walked in, he was looking at me and trying to talk with a tube in his mouth. Granted, he coded in a PCI capable facility. My GF worked with a woman who was coded for an hour and, while she won't go…
2019-11-05 15:07:23
David Bowden Atropine People have widely varying tolerances for Atropine. While there are no absolute contraindications in OPP, 10-20 mg may very well kill someone. 1-2mg, while not likely to be effective on true organophosphate poisoning, is a much better dose to repeat until symptoms resolve, than to jump to 20 mg. I could "maybe" get on board…
2019-11-05 14:59:26
Trish B Pearl #10 Involve the Family Having been in this situation I appreciated the EMS members allowing me to stay in the bedroom with my father. Thank you for posting this.
2019-10-31 03:15:05