Good ways to kill patients

[ERDoc]

Forgetting the cot isn't really a lethal mistake...

You've never worked for some of my bosses.

[yakc130]

This!

[scubanurse]

How so? If you forget it at the scene with the patient on it that could be bad... And it could be lethal for you if you've lost the cot, but how so for the patient?

[Secouriste]

Seen on a documentary and on scene (by a doctor): tell the patient with chest-pain to put himself on the cot/chair rather than carry him.

[ERDoc]

Seen on a documentary and on scene (by a doctor): tell the patient with chest-pain to put himself on the cot/chair rather than carry him.

Sounds like a failed stress test to me. No big deal.

[Secouriste]

lol, the guy droped to the ground, cardiac arrest.

[ERDoc]

Like I said, he failed his stress test. I guess we know for sure that he had ischemia and not reflux.

[Secouriste]

I see but I confess I lack the medical knowledge you have. I'll maybe be there in a few years (hopefully). So far, all I know is "no effort for someone with chest pain"

I know for sure he died.

[History Nut]

Being so concentrated on your ALS that you forget to apply BLS and the patient suffers. A "Paramedic" is an EMT-I with more tools and needs to remember that.

[paramedicmike]

Being so concentrated on your ALS that you forget to apply BLS and the patient suffers. A "Paramedic" is an EMT-I with more tools and needs to remember that.

This wouldn't happen if all providers, regardless of certification level, focused on "appropriate patient care" instead of getting caught up in the whole ALS vs BLS crap.

Again with with EMT-I vs EMT-1 thing.