Ewok Jerky
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Showed up for a transport today, Leg and Hip Pain. Firemedic on scene hands over care and after we load on the gurney firemedic says to me "lets het her on a cannula just 'cause, you know..."
i was like "huh?" I didn't want make a scene, we had already had to diffuse a situation that the captain was about to blow out of control. So I pulled out a cannula and before I put it on the Pt I noticed firemedic was not really paying attention so I just put it on the gurney and wheeled nanna outta there.
This is not about O2 for every Pt (plenty of threads on that already), its about scene-politics
Is it appropriate to "call out" a higher medical authority over something like that? on-scene, in front of crews and Pt and Family? For you medics, would you be insulted if I questioned you why you wanted me to do something?
BTW-we charge like $100 for O2 or something stupid like that.
i was like "huh?" I didn't want make a scene, we had already had to diffuse a situation that the captain was about to blow out of control. So I pulled out a cannula and before I put it on the Pt I noticed firemedic was not really paying attention so I just put it on the gurney and wheeled nanna outta there.
This is not about O2 for every Pt (plenty of threads on that already), its about scene-politics
Is it appropriate to "call out" a higher medical authority over something like that? on-scene, in front of crews and Pt and Family? For you medics, would you be insulted if I questioned you why you wanted me to do something?
BTW-we charge like $100 for O2 or something stupid like that.
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