Hellsbells
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We don't run
two words: Calm down
We don't run
"don't be a toolbag"
We don't run
Winner. You can have a sense of urgency but please don't run on scene. It brings the stress level of bystanders, family members, the patient and co-responders up. Walk briskly like an ER doc to a code blue on the other side of freakin campus today, even if it turned out to be a vasovagal syncope while she was getting blood drawn in the clinic...
This goes contrary to what I was told on a call. Called to a nursing home go in asses and the medic told me to run (and he emphasized the word run) back out to the medic and get the Life Pack... So are there certain situations where you should or is it pretty much a blanket "don't run" policy?
That falls under "don't be a tool bag and take your equipment to bedside"
There's no excuse for not being prepared to treat your patient.
"We don't run"= the time saved is often miniscule, you ought to be prepared, and running just stirs you and the bystanders up. Plus the decision to run is offten rooted in panic, or the need to look dynamic, or use some nervous energy up.