Giant81
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I'm envisioning something like this. I live in a rural area that hardly has paramedics so I suspect we won't get NP/PA's anytime soon but here's my scenario.
Farmer working on machinery, slips, slices arm open, it's bleeding pretty good, but bleeding is controled by the time NP/PA shows up.
evaluate patient, clean wound, numb, suture, wrap, provide Rx for antibiotics and pain meds, print off sheet with signs to keep an eye out for and tell them to follow up with their PCP. roll back to garage. Saves the PT a trip to the ED, saves ED staff time with a fairly routine trauma, win/win.
Granted this is with little knowledge of a paramedics SoP, and I'm not sure if a paramedic can use butterfly stitches to close a wound and advise a PT to go to Urgent care or see his PCP within the next 24hr if possible.
Farmer working on machinery, slips, slices arm open, it's bleeding pretty good, but bleeding is controled by the time NP/PA shows up.
evaluate patient, clean wound, numb, suture, wrap, provide Rx for antibiotics and pain meds, print off sheet with signs to keep an eye out for and tell them to follow up with their PCP. roll back to garage. Saves the PT a trip to the ED, saves ED staff time with a fairly routine trauma, win/win.
Granted this is with little knowledge of a paramedics SoP, and I'm not sure if a paramedic can use butterfly stitches to close a wound and advise a PT to go to Urgent care or see his PCP within the next 24hr if possible.