emt brando
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so, when i went on my ride along for my emt class, we came across a patient that had a self inflicted gunshot wound to his head. he was laying on the floor in supine position and i inserted an opa as soon as we showed up. while i was ventilating the patient via bvm the medics were cutting off his clothing and taking his vitals. the backboard was placed next to the patient, and since i was at his head i was told to lead; at this point i asked the medic if we should secure spinal immobilization via a cervical collar and the response i got was, "we dont have time for c-spine, let's get him on the board". I see the reasoning behind this in the fact that he was bleeding out, however, i feel that there could have been some sort of spinal injury since the bullet most likely bounced around in the patient's head (there was a large amount of crepitus in the skull). IS THIS NORMAL PROTOCOL? I feel as if it wasnt...