There is a group of patients who may be killed that way quite easly...those COPD patients adapted to hypoxia in whom the high level of CO2 is the only stimulus keeping them breathing spontaneously...
Sounds like a great system, thanks for posting.
That's funny, I could have sworn you were describing my degree :P
Couple of questions if I may:
Is their any trouble with staffing when it comes to doctors? Yes, all the time.
There Are their a lot of MDs willing to work in...
If it would happened in Poland
B: When and if would you call ALS?
No. I would be the ALS.
B/A: Would you address the previous miscarriage?
Taking history is crucial. But that's all. Just to know.
B/A: Would you expose and examine the genital area?
Yes. At least to asses the...
Maybe they were there...
I had a call few years ago to a 54yrs old male with "severe arrythmia and chest pain". 4:27 AM, January, freaky cold, streets covered with ice, so we are snailnig 40km/h with sirens on (good age, good time of the day for a heart attack) and when we finally reached...
Being an emergency doctor in the ambulance I used both, the knife and the multitool quite often. Once, for instance, we were called to help another crew with patient after cardiac arrest, who was intubated, mechanically ventilated, and he weighted 168kg without equipment. Patient lived at 8th...
I agree, but in this particular case, bleeding to CNS due to a ruptured aneurysma (congenital vessel malformation, let's say, taking in to consideration patient's age) may be the reason (ofcourse epilepsia or drug intoxication is much more common). That's why I would take such patient to...
Well, I decided to make a review of the most commonly used rescue knives in Poland (Victorinox RT- most often used by ambulance crews- if any at all, and Mikov, issued to the firefighters in my city) with addition of two more, which I belive, would be better choices- Spyderco Assist and S&W911.
Well, I was an expedition doctor during the Annapurna I South Face Expedition in 2005 (Himalaya, Nepal) so if you have any questions feel free to ask.
I used to work in the remote areas of Africa as a doctor too.