Recent content by jwmedic

Thanks for the replies. I'm a newer medic and I've been around about 4 different EMS systems now because of school and my actualy job. I'm learnign there is a culture around treatment in each system so I'm trying to start by making sound decisions on my own but also practicing within a specific...

Vent I didn't give a specific patient because I was referring to a set of calls I've had. My company QA person told me I should only use CPAP if the patient is so bad I would also be going code 3 to the hospital which is the argument I'm putting up for debate. My take is that there are...

Hey guys, Just wondering what your opinions are whether or not you should be going code 3 when using cpap? Another way of saying this is if you are using cpap you have a patient that is severe enough that they require a code return. I'm asking because I've used cpap several times with good...