Trustworthy First Aid

[p3medic]

We got sent to a nursing home around Halloween for a diff breather. When we arrived a private (facilities contracted provider)ALS truck was on scene. When we got to the floor they had the patient on their stretcher sitting semi-fowlers and a non rebreather on her face. On the LP-12 it clearly showed asystole in 3 leads. Well they said they were all set, and we ran into them in the lobby on the way out and suggested they take to decedent back to her bed as she had a valid DNR. They opted to ignore our suggestion, loaded the patient, one medic got up front to drive, the other sat on the bench and proceeded to apply a bp cuff and began to take a bp....on a corpse. True story....and yes, they were an ALS crew.

[firedoc5]

We got sent to a nursing home around Halloween for a diff breather. When we arrived a private (facilities contracted provider)ALS truck was on scene. When we got to the floor they had the patient on their stretcher sitting semi-fowlers and a non rebreather on her face. On the LP-12 it clearly showed asystole in 3 leads. Well they said they were all set, and we ran into them in the lobby on the way out and suggested they take to decedent back to her bed as she had a valid DNR. They opted to ignore our suggestion, loaded the patient, one medic got up front to drive, the other sat on the bench and proceeded to apply a bp cuff and began to take a bp....on a corpse. True story....and yes, they were an ALS crew.

Sort of sounds like a squad from a volunteer FD was doing. Had a guy sitting in his easy-chair evidently expire. He had to be down long enough to riggy up. They had this guy on the floor flat on his back, doing compressions, and his body was still positioned in the sitting position. His legs up and bent, and his arms in an L-shape. It was unbelievable. We told them they had to be good if they were going to get that one back.