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    When to call for ALS Backup

    well first of all...a BP like that isnt normal even if you DO have hypertension. anything relating to medication should have an ALS intercept, as well as c/p due to a potential problem being cardiac-related. i think you did the right thing...just remember... NEVER DO ANYTHING YOU WOULDN'T...
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    Solve this scenerio! (Kind of Graphic)

    It's midnight, and you just got back with your coffee, and a 9-1-1 call comes in. It's a 9 year old girl who is calling for her 10 year old friend. They just ran into some trouble at a gas station. Her friend is shot and the caller is complaining of feeling really cold and weak. There are no...
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    Abdominal Pain Scenario!!!!!!!

    IS THIS PT IN THE HOUSE>? lol...once you make contact, ask for a sample history. is this gas and you just have to use the toilet lol? back pain,,,any neck pain? backboard and fully immiblize this pt .. on a scale of 1-10 what the pain in your stomach...palpate your quadrants. start pt on 2-lpm o2
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    Chest pain scenario

    first of all i want to start this patient on o2 ( 5-lpm to be exact with a nasal cannula) get this patient on a monitor...12 lead that is. it shows that her HR is tachycardia but her b/p shows hypertensive. try starting some nitro via iv push? see how she reacts, blast the heat in your bus...
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    Breaking protocol. Is it ever permissible?

    um...i dont know because you are only supposed to administer it to the prescribed patient and only with a dr's consent, also if maybe you give an OD of that med. then your a**is getting sued lol
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    unconscious person

    and if patient goes unconcious, maybe start bagging her and get suction and AED ready, and maybe throw her in a HAINES position
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    unconscious person

    SAMPLE history...blah blah blah...check ABCs, start pt on o2 nasal cannula at 6-lpm, get this girl in the back of the bus and turn on the heat at a moderate level just to get something through her. assess vitals and look for TRAUMA..(sometimes causes pale skin) then proceed with rapid transport
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    Dnr

    call medical control ... see what they say...and recesitate
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    Scenario For Bls Providers

    SAMPLE, when did it start, what does it feel like, has it happened in the past? start this patient on a nasal canula at 7-lpm just in case. any LOC? asthma patient? does this pt have an inhaler? has it been prescribed by a dr? start albuterol via nebulizer or maybe epinepherine? transport with...
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    This call was interesting!!

    I agree with oxygen...start a line with anti-hypertensive at least due to his B/P, pt needs to be restrained, do so for your own safety, but if this guy was concious and alert with adequate breathing, i dont think that there was any reason to intubate
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    ORV accident

    whatever the parents say...you do it! if the parents were not in contact...THEN go ahead and use implied consent. check for MOI...how fast was he going? how much damage to the quad? all vitals normal...abd pain calls for internal bleeding. start patient on o2 in a nasal cannula on 2-lpm. if...
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    EMT-B Scenario - MVA

    i agree,,,did you also make sure that he wasnt choking on his tongue or if he vomited choked on that...nice job tho...just listing a possible...i think pressure was the key word here.
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    MVA scenario

    ok i want body substance isolation and scene safety...have a lower-trained partner attend to patient 1...if patient 2 is in shock...i want to do a rapid extrication...spinal injy is not my concern...i will have PD grab neck collars, a backboard, and a stretcher along with o2 and a trauma bag. i...
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    Possible cardiac arrest

    Well first of all I would get a scene size-up...was this witnessed or unwitnessed...if witnessed how did he collapse? grab a SAMPLE hx...anything weird to eat, happen before, acting strange lately? the scene is safe proceed in. thank the bystanders and relieve them. if this was a fall, or there...
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