A firefighter friend shared this with me:
Pt: Yall have to help me. Everytime I lay down and close my eyes I feel like I'm going to pass out.
Ff : Dude? When was the lastime you slept?
So I just had a spill on the icy boat ramp. Pretty sure I did that cartoon running but not going anywhere thing for a good 15 seconds before I busted it. That's gonna leave a mark.^_^:blush:
And yes, I left out cath lab on my original. I am now curious as to what was wrong with these pts. And what kind of facility were they taken to? Hmmm...cookies! Oops, sorry, my ADD kicked in.
Of course, thus the word, ideally. Thankfully we only have one or two community hospitals that would scare me to take my dog to. The rest are pretty well equipped and on top of their game. For how long? Who knows?
There are a couple of hospitals here that have the resources to handle stroke patients, but don't call themselves a stroke center. As for peds-ideally you would want a pediatrician, but I don't think that only pediatricians can handle pediatric emergencies.