Every time I need Narcan, I am so used to giving it IM, I never remember we can now give to give it IN. But this time I do remember and quickly attach an atomizer to the end of the prefilled 2 mg syringe.
My # 4 greatest treatment change in the last twenty years is CPAP. Here is what I wrote shortly after using it the first time back in 2007: CPAP This morning we had a call for a 70 year old man with dsypnea and found him guppy-breathing with a BP of 210/100, HR – 144, […]
Simon Rescue Breaths or Compressions in Overdose? The one plan guideline is too simplistic. By definition od has a hypoxic etiology and therefore vents are indicated but the issue for me is that cpr of bls trained people are not actually "trained" ventilation practitioners and shouldn't be considered qualified in suspected ohca to safely deliver them.
2018-04-25 10:26:25
David Clark Follow Up I'm a fire guy, EMT etc. One of the things that stick in my mind is that when the guru's decided to make the narcan available to the masses, someone didn't think this through. In 44 years, I have seen a share of problems, but knee-jerk issues of a good thing can often turn out…
2018-04-12 21:32:26
Patricia INSIDE LOOK AT LIFE AS AN EMT Great post, I'm waiting for more such, I was very interested :)
2018-04-10 09:34:32
Meggie Undetermined Very useful entry, as always, I really like coming back to your blog :)
2018-04-08 10:30:47
Mike INSIDE LOOK AT LIFE AS AN EMT Hey Peter, I just wanted to say I agree with you. I'm a rural EMT as well and I've read Paramedic and Resc. 471, as well as a lot of this blog, and I've never felt that you ignore or put down BLS providers. I guess different people read things in different ways. Either way,…
2018-04-08 02:14:55