Ask A Medic

Normally you pre inspect your vehicle and equipment before and after each shift so you stock and restock to make sure you have , if not you are going to be calling the next nearest unit for help

 

If we have a busy night and are running low, we either go out of service or a supervisor brings us the needed supplies.

 

Krazie, I agree with you for the most part and it's a damn shame amb crews are abused in such a way. Damn shame... Out of all the people I've worked along side in the hospital over the years, however, there is no one else I have more respect for than good first responders and paramedics.

 

Meat wagon or hose head????? hmmm. The battle continues

 

Lol

 

Oh i got another .

Slashed juggular neck artery?

 

That sucks. Hope your really close to the hospital. Double 14g ivs

 

Oh a lot of pressure

 

Cheers mate. We try our best. At least those of us without god complexes.

Probably DOA before we ever got there. Large bore IV, Fluid, Fluid, Fluid, stop for coffee, direct pressure diesel bolus.*


*May not be in correct order.

Gumby. Hose Monkey. Mattress weight.

 

a shit ton of pressure and something to cover the neck wound with. One of the primary concerns with neck injuries other than bleeding is an Air Embolism

 

they showed this video while teaching us how to do airways at 68W school at fort sam.

http://robert-lindsay.blogspot.com/2009/10/face-split-diving-accident-video.html?zx=28e962747f45f4a8

how would u guys handle this?

 

HOLY FUCK

Thats crazy...such a simple fall and his freakin face is split wide open.

If you can get a tube in the the trachea....maybe the upper airway is so split open that you can just locate where the trachea starts and intubate.

Surgical airway is a possibility if ETT isn't possible.

 

apparently he hit the concrete wall on the bottom? and a fall from that distance would do it IMO.

 

he did not live. he lasted about 2 hours in the ICU. I read up on it and they say this happened in Lebanon. and that the chance of living was possible if he had premium medical care. (in this case he didnt.)

 

in other words if he wasn't in lebanon

 

basically is what the article read. because in the video u can tell by the absence of monitors and such. but i mean holy shit. Id hate to be the medic that rolled up on that.

 

haha i remember that vid when we were talkiing about ICP and the cranial vault.

Which company did you go through at Ft Sam?

 

Delta Co. finished right at the end of 09. we were still in the shitty barracks. and right next to slagel chow hall (nasty place)

what company did u go through?

 

Delta is now by the little shoppette and golf reception . I swear all of the medics i have met at ft.bragg have come out of Delta.

Im from Bravo Co... or Bravo Prison as we called it