Recent content by sksmedic

I agree. Assessment is 90% of medicine, lets look for a cause.

I love going to a nursing home and finding that they have placed a non rebreather on someone at 3lpm.

My hardest call occured 3 months ago when I was called for a man down, cpr in progress. On scene to find a 48 yo male in cardiac arrest. He was the former general manager of my ambulance company and friend. I was nervous for about 2 seconds but then it was all business. The hardest part was...

How about nurses? Anyone had a pain in the butt RN on scene?

Anyone ever had a doctor on scene try to throw their weight around? How did you handle it and what was the outcome?

Once again, sorry to revive an old thread. I am am a medic in Montana. It is not unusual to have winters that reach -50. I have seen frozen IV's and it is not pretty. We have commercial warmers in all the rigs and they work very well. We have started using a new product which I think is kick...

This was a 30 y/o male, neg prior medical hx. BP on scene of 60 systolic rr 32 and shallow, sinus tach 120 w/ moderate st elavation O2 sat 82% ra.. Extrication was prolonged lasting just over an hour. Radial pulses present by the time we hit the ER doors with a bp of 88/52 rr 20 st 120 with O2...

Oh gosh no, To be honest this was the first time i had ever even seen her. She has no affiliation with the ambulance company. It was understood by everyone on scene but her that I was in charge. Those first responders are in charge until ALS gets there, then they turn the scene over.

Just wondering what makes you guys mad on scene. Family members, bystandrs, supposed doctors, RN's, first responders? Any of these people do anything to really piss you off. If so, I'd love to hear. For example: I work in Great Falls MT. We are fairly rural with a population of 70,000 and...

Its been a while since my last post. Here is an update on our power pro saga. They all began to creek and vibrate violently when elevated and lowerd. I contacted stryker and told them what was going on. They dispatched a repair guy and he serviced the cots. The problems stopped for about a week...

Really, 2 seconds? Takes ours longer. How long do the wheels take to drop in manual mode? Service them every 90 days huh. With our remote location I dont think its gonna happen here. I don't think we even have anyone in the state licensed to work on Strykers. If you have any other suggestions...

So management at the company I work for decided to drop a ton of money on these new stryker power pro stretchers. Is it just me, or do they suck?Now instead of a sore back once in a while, I have one everyday. My knees aren't too thrilled about them either. After O2 bottle and all the fixins...