Recent content by Bigcha40

Well played sir! lol I agree, probably shouldnt have administered the narcan. just me personally i feel this sort of need to figure out what it is/was that made him like he is. As for the dealing with the high coked-out patients, yea ive had a few... Specifically the one patient weve run on...

Gave him narcan because hes laying on my stretcher unresponsive... Whats an adverse effect of giving narcan? He loses his "high" if he has one? If that was what was wrong then hey you firgured it out, if not well then you possibly ruled out a cause. Its not like a gave a 3rd degree block...

Gave the narcan for altered mental status with unknown cause after ruling out hypoglycemia, like someone said earlier, hes in college... Since the recent outbreak of this bath salt phenomenon i started to lean towards this after we treated for everything we could. I had done some research on...

Ok, i dont think i went into enough detail with my first post, sorry about that. So, he was initially standing with assistance from the officer, "more leaning on the squad car to hold him up" The combative part is more of an uncooperative resisting except for trying to donkey kick the officer...

Really? Have i mentioned any treatments other than narcan? Have i revealed my general impression? Have i stated anything else about the call other than being on scene? I sure am glad my medical director would give you a chance to justify treatment before he fires you.

Pt is a 20yom that law enforcement found walking in the middle of the street in front of student dorm at around 0330. Patient is in handcuffs standing leaning against squad car, officer relays "He is not acting right and his heart is pounding." Patient is currently awake and breathing but...