divinewind_007
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ok...got dispatched to the local ER for a emergency transfer to level 1 trauma center. got over there to the icu and they asked if we had a portable vent. we dont carry portable vents...i dont know of any service within 100 mile radius of nashville that does. so they said they were going to call someone else because they were too unstable to bag. 5 minutes later after we had left they called back and said they redid her blood gases and she was now stable enough to be bagged. i have never heard of someone being too unstable to bag, and futhermore in my opinion if they were that unstable they should have been flown. it is 45 minutes running emergency to this hospital or 10-15 min flight time. :wacko: but anyway we transported her fine. no probs. in route. she had a stroke previoulsy and was basically going down hill. white count was up and she had spiked a temp. thats why she was sent out. so what do yuns think...have you ever heard of someone too unstable to bag??