btkspot89
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We were dispatched for the leaking surgical site on the Buttocks. From the location we were dispatched to I wasn't surprised. While were enroute were told by our dispatcher that the patient was about 300 pounds and could fit on our regular stretcher. That gave my self and my partner a red flag that something wasn't going to be right. So my partner goes ahead and starts singing "Another Bites the Dust" He should have known better. When we got there we found the patient was about 450 pounds and wouldn't fit on our regular strecher. We asked our dispatcher about a bariatric truck. None available it was a sunday and my paid company chooses not to run one. Good thing we had the Stryker Power Stretcher.
So the patient is fully alert and oriented and can stand and walk to the stretcher. She does this and upon sitting down she goes unresponsive. The patient comes back a minute later. We already called ALS to be safe. When we move the patient out to the rig she goes out again. ALS arrives and starts their EKG. The Patient Flat Lines. We get to the Hospital and start moving the patient out. This time the stretcher some how misses the catch....Of course the strecther had to fall. Anyways we get the patient to the bed and she is pronounced shortly after. On the good side we got a call back from the medics thanking us for our help and good work. Still not a day I want to do again.
So the patient is fully alert and oriented and can stand and walk to the stretcher. She does this and upon sitting down she goes unresponsive. The patient comes back a minute later. We already called ALS to be safe. When we move the patient out to the rig she goes out again. ALS arrives and starts their EKG. The Patient Flat Lines. We get to the Hospital and start moving the patient out. This time the stretcher some how misses the catch....Of course the strecther had to fall. Anyways we get the patient to the bed and she is pronounced shortly after. On the good side we got a call back from the medics thanking us for our help and good work. Still not a day I want to do again.