Recent content by bdoss2006

What should you do as far as supplemental oxygen if a patient has a normal spo2, and no obvious signs of hypoxia/dyspnea, but complains of difficulty breathing?

What all conditions require supplemental oxygen regardless of spo2 or presentation? I assumed most everything depended on spo2 or presentation, but I read that all pneumothorax’s should receive oxygen because it helps it to heal. What else is like that?

Should all pleural effusion patients receive supplemental oxygen, or just if they are hypoxic?

Not in Virginia. We can administer Epi, glucagon, oral glucose, Zofran, duoneb etc. whether it’s their medicine or not. We have a specific BLS drug box on the truck.

What do you do if someone has took a BLS medication (Zofran, Benadryl, albuterol etc.) prior to your arrival, but still needs more? How long after each does it have to be for you to give them. That is something that my protocols don’t really say.

Does all types of shock cause low etco2 or just septic? If it’s just septic why is that? I know a lot of stuff uses etco2 of <26 for sepsis, but not other types of shock.

You don’t know the “basis of my thought process” from only a few questions. I’m just trying to ask these questions to get a full understanding of assessment, to make sure I’m giving my patients the best care possible.

Don’t tell me this field is not for me. That is not for you to say.

That makes sense, but I guess what I don’t understand is why would you really need to catch something when a doctor is going to be checking them again in a short amount of time?

I’m having trouble I guess understanding the purpose of some of the history taking at a BLS level. So for example, if you had some one call for constipation, what are some questions you would ask and why?

What symptom differences are you going to see in a concussion, vs a subdural hematoma, vs an epidural hematoma, vs a subarachnoid hemorrhage?

Would you put not assessed, or would you put no abnormalities since you didn’t visualize any?

Should you do a full head to toe on every patient including medical patients? If you do not, should you mark "not assessed" or "no abnormalities" since you can visualize without touching and removing clothing?

I have a few random unrelated questions. Can compazine help esophageal spasms? Does compazine work by paralyzing the muscles that make you vomit? Can glucagon cause tachycardia? Can magnesium sulfate help esophageal spasms?

I don’t know how the best way to do it is.