I haven't posted here in a while, but I feel there's too much generalizing going on.
I, like some of the other posters, am also from Connecticut. I'm 16 years old, and there are extremely mature 16 year olds in EMS, who are genuinely interested in medicine. Very few of the teenagers in EMS...
57 y/o female pt
Only past medical history is lupus.
No allergies
Only med pt is on is Advil...
Last oral intake--nothing out of the ordinary..
Events Prior--Once again, nothing that could provoke symptoms.
Pt states that she often feels heart skip a beat once or twice every day...
Why do people's pupils constrict when they are sleeping? Generally, does trauma to the eye cause constriction or dialation? Or does it vary with different pts? Will head injuries ever cause pupils to constrict instead of dilate?
I have a question-
When would you use leather restraints instead of cravats to restrain someone? Which type of restraint is used more often? Why?
Also, do you prefer one over the other? Why?
I really, really do not need you tell me that I don't know how to care and treat diabetic patients and that my question "reflects the lack of knowledge" that I posses.
I am not yet an EMT and I have not yet taken an EMT class. I'm an explorer who is trying to learn a few things about patient...
If you have an unresponsive choking victime with a pulse, and you start CPR with the finger sweep, can't they go into traumatic arrest because of the chest compressions?