Recent content by Somedude

Agreement sounds good buddy. Intresting conversation tonight. Well take care and have a good night...and dont be working too hard....

I do understand just exactly what your saying. In the world today though most people c/o a problem and call 911. If that is the case, paramedics should provide whatever care to enable the pt. to be relieved of the complaint. In my experience, pt. call 911 for pain quite a bit. Why not make them...

Hey hastings, you gotta let me know how that goes. Maybe ill try a little of that oxygen stuff anyhow just too see how it all works anyway...lol.

Hastings, Very true, it doesnt take very long at all. After reading this forum it seemed to me that people are thinking much too deeply into this issue. Just as my opinion, if they don't need the O2, why waste any further time, energy, money, and my supply to administer oxygen when I can give...

Just simply, why waste the time? There is nothing of an "placibo" effect that a cannula with provide that you cant just simply talking to the pt. enroute to the hospital with a cocktail of magic drugs on board.

Like I saw in one post before, ive done a small handful of cases like this. They are never fun for anyone and usally everyone takes a quiet trip back to the station. The best and only advise I can give is be professional. This is may be very difficult but retain every bit of professionalism you...

Oxygen... Why oxygen has been known in some circles as a "mircle drug." For significant medical pains and significant MOI oxygen is a proper treatment. But as for just isolated trauma and muscular pain...why not just treat the pain? It is our job to be paramedics, to make people feel a little...