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Hey sorry if this has been discussed already but searching the topic was near impossible because every search with C-spine in it returns all the info on C-spine's latest, wasn't what I was looking for. I'm a new medic so I get this is probably a super simple answer and I feel dumb so sorry but...

Howdy, So lets say my patient is on the stretcher and we are on our way to the ER. Then suddenly our patient goes unresponsive, pulseless, and apneic. I am an ALS provider, the driver is BLS, and it is just us two. What do we do? Considerations I'm thinking about... Our pt needs to be on a...

so I arrive on scene and there is already an aed in use with pads on. Either bls unit or bystanders or whatever. I'm an ALS unit - do I take off the aed pads and put on the ones that connect to my monitor? Or do I just put them next to the aed pads? Thank you!